![]() Sputnik Sweetheart isn’t one of Murakami’s better known novels. In a sense this is one of the main reasons why people read books in the first place. He even dealt with this in his beautifully simple and personal ode to exercise W hat I Talk About When I Talk About Running. Every reader can relate to this theme as none of us have all the answers when it comes to life and we all desperately want to find our way in the world. ![]() His characters always seem to be trying to make sense of the world or just trying to fit in and get by. He often deals with self-identity as a theme. What is it about Murakami’s writing that inspires such devotion? This is my fifth Murakami read and I am starting to formulate some ideas without really being able to put them into words.Īt the very heart of his work, there is a beautiful simplicity. But, as any of them will tell you, it is simply only a matter of time before he gets the recognition that he deserves. Every year, this great man is linked with the Nobel Prize for Literature and every year his legions of worldwide fans are left disappointed. This is not the first time that I have raved about Japanese author, Haruki Murakami, nor will it be the last. ![]() ![]() It’s hard to put into words, but I guess it’s like I was fast asleep, and someone came, disassembled me, and hurriedly put me back together again. “I have this strange feeling that I’m not myself anymore. ![]()
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