Published: 1987 (Kodansha) Setting: Tokyo, Kyoto Summary: The domestic reception to Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood propelled the author to literary super stardom seemingly overnight. This novel, nostalgic and deeply feeling, is as much a period piece as it is a coming-of-age story set in Japan’s post-war coming-of-age. Toru Watanabe floats in and out of the lives of hisContinue reading “Norwegian Wood-Haruki Murakami”
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Pokemon 52: Princess vs. Princess
Airdate: July 9th, 1998 Summary: It’s the Princess Festival, and today the women rule the roost. The gang and Team Rocket have to do whatever Jessie and Misty want. Brock tries to ask out a mom, and Misty spots a major sale. Jessie spots a Lickitung, who takes all of Jessie’s food. Jessie is big mad,Continue reading “Pokemon 52: Princess vs. Princess”
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”
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