Category Archives: Literature

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”

The Sun Also Rises-Ernest Hemingway

Published: 1926 (Scribner) Setting: Paris, Bayonne, Burguete, Pamplona, San Sebastian, Madrid Summary: A bunch of lost souls galivant around Paris and the Basque country, drinking themselves into the ground, only to pick themselves up after a tight four-hour nap to party the next day. Jake is a cool customer, he may have lost his abilityContinue reading “The Sun Also Rises-Ernest Hemingway”