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From the bestselling author of Kafka on the Shore: A magnificent coming-of-age story steeped in nostalgia, “a masterly novel” (The New York Times Book Review) blending the music, the mood, and the ethos that were the sixties with a young man’s hopeless and heroic first love. Toru, a serious young c
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Author Haruki Murakami
Pages 304
Publisher Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published Date 2010-08-11
ISBN 0307762718 9780307762719
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12raves13birds shared a tip "A++ on the melancholy"
whatever_lol shared a tip "The most beautifully written slice of life book. It sad, raw but overall positively moving."
john_forell shared a tip "Lovely, short read. Classic Murakami"
chris_wan shared a tip "It has been a while since I read it but I would say the part where Toru goes to vist Naoko in the sanatorium"
jonathan_ryan shared a tip "A very simple story but a good read"
ariana_neal_9271 shared a tip "So slow yet so beautifully written."
carloss shared a tip "My favorite melancholy story, depressing but exciting enough to keep you going"
sophiamodica shared a tip "Probably my favorite book I’ve read in 2021… still thinking about it months later"
isabelb shared a tip "The book is kind of long but the characters and their experiences are so interesting. I loved this book!"
richard_haney shared a tip "Murakami makes the lives of ordinary people sing. He is a true artist."
isabel_904 shared a tip "Surrealism"
marisol_lopez_8802 shared a tip "Kafka on the Shore and The Institute, hbu?"
onlyzuul shared a tip "Beautiful and heartbreaking. I read this such a long time ago, but it has stayed with me."
dominic_agosto_7571 shared a tip "This was a nice book, I could recommend it to anyone that is mature to take on the sex scenes in this novel."
breanna_nikirk shared a tip "There was an uncomfortable pedophilic sex scene in the book. Otherwise, I had no problems with the book."
killen_vincent shared a tip "Damn."
dominique_bobbio shared a tip "Gross misogyny"
maria_espinosa_5168 shared a tip "Very good"
j_voll shared a tip "My absolute favorite book. It leaves an emotional ache that people can connect with. I love it so much."
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