>>8263642
>Murakami novel
>"why ... ?"
Oh boy

I don't know, when I was reading it it seemed to evade common interpretations, neither mental illness or somekind of existential dread or grief problem
maybe that's just because the novel isn't that well written

>>8263651
this

murakami doesn't even know the answer so don't work yourself up not being able to figure then out

hell just look at 1Q84, a thousand pages of admitedly nicely written prose, but not all hat much happening for the page count, and then boom, an ending with dozens of unanswered questions

Is Murakami the Japanese Camus or Borges? Or are Camus/Borges the European Murakami?

>>8263671
neither, they are entirely different

>>8263671
>placing Murakami next to legitimate authors
No

>>8263671
Murakami is like the Japanese Stephen King

>>8263688
>Confusing Haruki with Ryu
Get a grip anon

Life sucks

^_^

>>8263642
i read a theory that the guitar playing woman is actually a huge manipulative bitch that talked thewell girl that gave the dude a handjob into it. It seemed really dumb.

>>8263642
>Norwegian Wood
>not a gay erotica set in Norway

>>8263642
I liked it, but I cannot deny that it is, at its core, depression porn.

>>8263642
Maybe they all recognized the ultimate truth, that life is neither a mandate nor a benefit and did the most sensible thing when faced with non-trivial adversity.

>>8263671
>Camus
>Borges
>Murakami
>implying any of these have ny relation at all

Its like you are just shitting out names to appear intelligent.

>>8263642
coz they japanese. jesus christ.

>>8263642
Really? Cool, can't wait to read it.

I really enjoyed this book even if its kind of YA at its surface

The whole Naomi plot was feelsy

one of the main characters whose suicide was the focus of the book + two less important side characters

I dont know why you are saying everyone