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Granted it's not his best, but it's great to see how Murakami began. It definitely gave me perspective on the rest of his novels. And the shipping was right on time.


Tags : Hear the Wind Sing [Haruki Murakami] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Kodansha Publishers, Ltd., Tokyo, 1987. Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First English Language Edition. Softcover in DJ; 165pp; Small paperback in dustjacket,Haruki Murakami,Hear the Wind Sing,Kodansha,4061860267

Hear the Wind Sing Haruki Murakami 9784061860261 Books Reviews

... (which was not released in the United States) is quite good for a first novel. I was a bit surprised to read in the other review that the

I won't speculate on the author's intentions. With the exception of Paolo Coelho, I think that the author's of books tend to be more closed-mouthed than readers expect, and their true opinions are too hard to discern to be worth parsing out in fiction, particularly since that isn't the point.

This novel takes place over the course of 18 days in August of 1970. In it, the narrator (whose name we are never given) spends his time as all of Murakami's characters do Reading, eating, listening to music, and loving enigmatic women. In this case, that would be the girl with four fingers on her left hand.

Like all of Murakami's work, there is a minimalistic, surreal feel to this book. It is more clearly fleshed out in his later novels, and this one feels a lot like a precursor to Norweigan Wood, where I expect that Murakami finally told the story that he wanted to tell (he has expressed dissatisfaction with this book and with its sequel, Pinball, 1973).

This is clearly Murakami, though. I have read several reviews of this that called it tepid, but I wouldn't agree. Instead, I would suggest that in it, Murakami is restrained. He has not yet acquired the ambivalent voice that captures simultaneously the frenetic energy and the silent conservativism of modern Japan. Instead, we are treated to the story of two men who really only have each other. They are friends, but the kind of friends amongst whom silence acts not as a buffer or as a shield, or even as a gulf, but rather as a third member of the party. If you don't recognize that, you simply haven't had a friend like that.

This is definitely worth your time, if you can simply find it. It was translated by Alfred Birnbaum, who did many of the first American and British translations of Murakami's work, for one of the largest publishing houses in Japan, Kodansha, Ltd. I was surprised to discover that even this edition was not meant for Americans...instead, it was part of a series of books that were cheaply produced for the purposes of assisting Japanese with mastering English.

Pinball, 1973 is easily acquired in a PDF format on the internet, but this novel is not. And more is the pity. It is a good early novel by this influential and wonderful writer, but its limited print run, combined with the cheap production and the hordes of Murakami's fans are sure to make this item only increase with time.

A great book. Buy it if you can find it. Borrow it if you can't. And mourn if you can't do either. B+

Harkius
There isn't much information on about the particulars of this book. It is a tiny paperback about 6" high x 4" wide and 1/4" thick with 128 pages of text. It comes with a thin dust cover. It looks more like a pamphlet than a book and was apparently produced for Japanese students learning English. So if you are expecting a "normal" paperback, this is not. If I would have known this in advance I would not have bought it.

It is a Murakami book so it is most likely a good read as are all his other books.
Granted it's not his best, but it's great to see how Murakami began. It definitely gave me perspective on the rest of his novels. And the shipping was right on time.