First Person Singular Stories
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I really liked this book and I think that, like all Murakami’s books, this was incredibly well written and just descriptive enough to be perfect.
It is not getting five stars from me just because I found two or three of the stories present in the book not extremely interesting… but that is also maybe because I didn’t have much knowledge on the topics described.
Overall though, I loved this book, and I feel like it leaves you with a lot to think about.
Me aburrió demasiado. Lo concluí esperando que me atrapará pero es muy lento y descriptivo. No me emocionó.
Let me start by saying that I'm a huge fan of Murakami, and somehow I feel like either you love or hate Murakami. Some of the stories are quite odd (like the first story: Cream), what's that all about? I know Murakami loves to make puzzling stories, but the first one is way too odd. The one that I like the most was the one with the Monkey. That was very strange, but in a good way. Anyway, the book was very enjoyable and I love reading more from Murakami
I always like the protagonists in Murakami stories.. like they're the same person.
Beni çok tatmin etmedi Murakami'nin bu eseri. İçinde değişik değişik öyküler var ancak pek de eğlenceli gelmedi bana.
More Murakami stories. Just not his best.
idk how to describe this book tbh, it wasn’t very memorable or particularly interesting but fsr i enjoyed it?? idk.
Finished it in one go. Definitely my #1 of Murakami’s stories collection, #2 of all his work. I’m not saying that all the stories are perfect and that there’s no one single story that I don’t treasure as much as the others. There are some that I don’t force myself to understand (most of it are about hard-core jazz or even classic that I know nothing about lol), but it’s still quite enjoyable. It’s just that most of the stories really get into me in a quaint way and have become an integral part of me. Though I don’t have to mind you to anticipate any illogical, thought-provoking ideas of his mind as most people would already know the consequences of reading Murakami🤣 TL;DR Cream, With the Beatles, Confessions of Shinagawa Monkey, Carnaval, First Person Singular are my favoo
Murakami nos trae 8 cuentos distintos en temática, desde mundanos hasta fantásticos en donde el punto en común es él. Recuerdos, música, mujeres, espacios muy personales en donde Murakami deja su ingenio.
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I think this was a really good introduction to Murakami. It’s a collection of eight short, unique stories. I liked some a lot more than others, with Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey being my favourite. I liked the quirkiness of the book and will read more from this author.
Not his best work. Not even one of his mediocre works. I thought this was a pretty lame attempt at trying to be Murakami, from Murakami himself. I thought the first short story ("Cream") was fine and almost what I was looking for out of Murakami short stories, but it was mostly downhill and rock bottom from there (looking at you, "Caravel". One can only read about Murakami's thoughts on ugly women for so long). The only exception was "Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey", which I thought was fun and conjured up some amazing mental images. A talking monkey scrubbing someone's back and making smalltalk? Sure, I'm here for that. I'd pass on this one though, even if you're a Murakami fan. Maybe for completion's sake once you've read just about everything else by him. It's a quick read, if nothing else.
I like the stories Shinagawa Monkey and With the Beatles. There is lot of music in this, of course, I have been listening to lot of "Murakami" music over the last couple of months and i love them, they enhance the experience too. Not his best collection though.
I’ve read lots of murkami’s books and at this point it feels like he’s just regurgitating the same stories. It was still written beautifully but lacked anything new or interesting.
Didn’t get the meaning behind the words.
3,5🌟
3.5
It’s not his best short story collection in my opinion but I still enjoyed most of the stories. All the stories have one thing in common – they’re all written in first person POV. They’re atmospheric, imaginative, and don’t make sense at times. But these are some of the many reasons why I love and admire his style.
solid writing, interesting stories, perfect length, reflective, a very fun read, jazz as always. the only one i didn't feel really connected with was the baseball one, but the rest of 'em i felt good about, so valid points were done. on the last one, he says he looks in the mirror for a long period of time and doesn't recognise himself. felt that.
Highlights
…I was curious to find out what lay behind the invitation-if, indeed, there was a motive. Why, after all this time, send me an unexpected invitation?
I’ve experienced this a lot
»Ich glaube, dass die Liebe der Brennstoff ist, der uns am Leben hält. Vielleicht endet die Liebe eines Tages. Oder sie trägt Früchte. Aber selbst wenn die Liebe verblasst, selbst wenn sie verschwindet, bleibt uns die Erinnerung, jemanden geliebt zu haben. Und diese Erinnerung wird uns zu einer kostbaren Quelle der Wärme. Ohne diese Wärmequelle würden die Herzen der Menschen - und auch die der Affen - sich in eine kalte und unfruchtbare Ödnis verwandeln, auf die kein Sonnenstrahl fällt, wo weder Blumen des Friedens noch Bäume der Hoffnung wachsen. Hier in meinem Herzen bewahre ich die Namen der sieben schönen Frauen, die ich einst geliebt habe. »
Heraus kam ein einfaches gebundenes Buch in einer Auflage von fünfhundert Exemplaren, die ich sämtlich mit einem besonderen Stift signierte. Haruki Murakami, Haruki Murakami. Haruki Murakami ... Erwartungsgemäß fand mein Werk kaum Abnehmer. Wer für solche Dinge Geld ausgibt, hat in der Regel eine Vorliebe für Kuriositäten. Tatsächlich verkaufte ich im Großen und Ganzen etwa dreihundert Exemplare. Die Übrigen verschenkte ich an Freunde und Bekannte. Heute ist das kleine Buch ein wertvolles Sammlerstück, das zu einem erstaunlich hohen Preis gehandelt wird. Man weiß nie, was passiert. Jedenfalls befinden sich nur noch zwei Exemplare in meinem Besitz. Hätte ich mehr behalten, wäre ich ein reicher Mann.
Haruki Murakami hat einen guten Humor glaube ich
Eigentlich war es das Bild des jungen Mädchens, das die Platte an sich drückte wie einen Schatz, wel- ches mich so in seinen Bann geschlagen hatte. Doch wer weifß, vielleicht hätte mich ihr Anblick ohne das Plattencover nicht so stark fasziniert. Natürlich war da auch die Musik. Aber da war noch irgendetwas anderes, was über sie hinausging, wodurch die Sze- ne sich mir als eine einzigartige spirituelle Moment- aufnahme einprägte. Sie hatte nur an diesemn Ort und zu dieser Zeit entstehen können. Nirgendwo sonst.
« Mach die Augen zu und denk noch mal gründlich nach. Denk an einen Kreis, der viele Mittelpunkte und keine Be- grenzung hat. Wozu hast du deinen Verstand? Er ist dazu da, dir unverständliche Dinge verständlich zu machen. Du darfst nicht faul und nachlässig sein. Jetzt ist der entscheidende Zeitpunkt, an dem sich dein Herz und dein Hirn entwickeln.«
WHAT I FIND STRANGE about growing old isn't that I've gotten older. Not that the youthful me from the past has, without my realizing it, aged. What catches me off guard is, rather, how people trom the same generation as me have become elderly, how all the pretty, vivacious girls I used to know are now old enough to have a couple of grandkids. It's a little disconcerting-sad, even. Though I never feel sad at the fact that I have similarly aged.
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