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South of the Border, West of the Sun

Haruki Murakami

Paperback | Pages: 190 pages

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Title	:	South of the Border, West of the Sun
Author	:	Haruki Murakami
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 190 pages
Published	:	December 1st 2006 by Vintage (first published October 5th 1992)
Categories	:	Fiction. Cultural. Japan. Asian Literature. Japanese Literature

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Alternate cover edition here. Growing up in the suburbs of post-war Japan, it seemed to Hajime that everyone but him had brothers and sisters. His sole companion was Shimamoto, also an only child. Together they spent long afternoons listening to her father's record collection. But when his family moved away, the two lost touch. Now Hajime is in his thirties. After a decade of drifting he has found happiness with his loving wife and two daughters, and success running a jazz bar. Then Shimamoto reappears. She is beautiful, intense, enveloped in mystery. Hajime is catapulted into the past, putting at risk all he has in the present.

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Original Title:	国境の南、太陽の西 [Kokkyō no minami, taiyō no nishi]
ISBN:	0099448572 (ISBN13: 9780099448570)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Ein Buch für die Stadt (2005)

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At first I dislike this book but now I am confident to say that I hate it. It's about this shallow and whiny man who wronged every women he put his hand on (probably because he is so deep, no one can understand him since he's the only child, yes, you gotta remember how painful it is for this Hajime guy to be the only child)... except his childhood sweetheart who is so deep that she never has a real personality but some random emo appeal which cannot make me care less. The author tried so hard

After having read the bulk of his work, I've come to the conclusion that one has to have a general picture of Murakami's novels in order to understand each of his stories seperately. There are some recurring themes in all of them that at first I couldn't quite get. Now, it's become easier to interpret those symbolisms. As much as I love his surrealistic tricks, I can't help but be equally dazzled by his more sensitive, romantic themes. This one belongs to the latter category, while it has been

The sad truth is that certain types of things can't go backward. Once they start going forward, no matter what you do, they can't go back the way they were. If even one little thing goes awry, then that's how it will stay forever. A very typical of Murakami to delineate the zest of modern-day Tokyo and to spin a nexus of episodes revolving around it. I thoroughly enjoyed the descriptions of Suburban Japan, that were oft mentioned in the story. If you're someone who enjoyed reading Norwegian

Whatever Murakami book I am reading, I find myself stepping back into the same world as before, with all of the same characters and themes of wells and transience and strangely poignant details like gold lighters and classical music records and the myriad spaghetti dinners--the mundane details of everyday life spun into a dreamy tapestry. The fact that every Murakami book I read seems to feel the same is a good thing in this author's case. His tone is something quite distinct. Every time I read

Life, with everyone, is always suspended between two possibilities ( What you want to do? And what you should do?), whenever you need to make a decision. The rest of the life moves according to the choice you make, which decides if you are going to have an *apparently-happy-looking* life or the one where your heart is satisfied with what you have and doesn't let you roam in the direction of what-ifs? The path of *what you want to do* is hard as a rock but the one I would always prefer. You can't

This is the novel Norwegian Wood wishes it were.

I am in love with Haruki Murakamis novels. I guess it might be the resonance of loneliness emanating from all his works. It might be the fusion of pop-culture and philosophical musings. It might be the mysterious atmosphere he creates. I cant really pin it down. Most of his novels are deceptively similar in their tones and backgrounds but each one has a different center. Each novel shows a similar scene, but each one with a different focus.South of the Border, West of the Sun is a meditation on