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Originally Posted by rohsun
I've read a lot of Haruki Murakami books and I would recommend this author to everybody who would like to experience the feeling of being trapped inside a well with its cover on.
The book you should start off with would be: 'Sputnik Sweetheart'. It is Murakami's most accessible and emotional book to date. It is essentially a story of three people: Sumire, Miu and the narrator, K.
For people who like reading short stories, you should try out Murakami's 'The Elephant Vanishes' or 'Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman'. The stories mix the ordinary with the extraordinary with such a human touch that you know something has changed within you but not knowing quite what it is.
For those who want to read good Indian authors, try out Rohinton Mistry's 'A Fine Balance'. It is about people from disparate backgrounds coming together at the time of Emergency. I should warn you though that many could find it depressing, so be warned on that front!
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Murakami no doubt is a great writer. Bit short of time now otherwise would have liked to write a good big post about him.
Anyway here's a
link that actually got me to read him and its just that in the past one year I have almost read about 80% of his books..
And My fav. if his are :
Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World and Norwegian Wood.
Did read Rohinton Mistry's Such a long Journey some time back. He writing is good or rather supple to use the right word, more inclined towards Kitchen Sink Realism type narrative but some how he lacks good imagination as any great writer would have. He's just the sort of writer that the Booker prize jury may love to nominate.
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