Fiction – Page 3 – Will Reviews Things

Dance Dance Dance-Haruki Murakami

Published: 1994 (Kodansha) Setting: Tokyo, Hokkaido, Honolulu, Hakone Summary: In the fourth and final installment of the “Trilogy of the Rat”, Murakami answers the question, what happens after you lose everything? He answers this by positing that all you need to do is dance in step with what is going on around you. I, theContinue reading “Dance Dance Dance-Haruki Murakami”

Convenience Store Woman-Sayaka Murata

Published: 2016 (Bungeishunju) Setting: Tokyo Summary: Keiko works at the Smile Convenience store in an office district, and it is what defines her. She has worked their eighteen years, and the rhythms of her life match the sound of the bell, the speech patterns of her coworkers, and the hours of her shift. Keiko hasContinue reading “Convenience Store Woman-Sayaka Murata”

A Wild Sheep Chase-Haruki Murakami

Published: 1982 (Kodansha) Setting: Tokyo, Hokkaido, Niigata Summary: In the third book of the “Trilogy of the Rat”, Murakami decides to blow it all up, in a good way. Our unnamed protagonist, I, meets a beautiful part-time call girl with magic ears, the secretary of the underground Boss of Japan, as well as the SheepContinue reading “A Wild Sheep Chase-Haruki Murakami”

Pinball, 1973-Haruki Murakami

Published: 1980 (Kodansha) Setting: Niigata, Tokyo Summary: In the second book of a tetralogy, and second in the “Trilogy of the Rat”, our unnamed narrator, “I”, is obsessed with pinball. This time, instead of a girl with nine fingers, he is seeing identical twins. Sweatshirt-clad and always willing to cheer “I” up, these ladies holdContinue reading “Pinball, 1973-Haruki Murakami”

Hear The Wind Sing-Haruki Murakami

Published: 1979 (Kodansha) Setting: Niigata, Japan. Summary: Its 1970, and an unnamed narrator, “I”, goes home to Niigata for summer vacation, hangs with his buddy, “Rat”, and his bartender, J. J is a cool customer, and his bar is where most of the action takes place. “I” starts his vacation by waking up next toContinue reading “Hear The Wind Sing-Haruki Murakami”