South of the Border, West of the Sun: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.88 (877 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0679767398 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 213 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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Echoes of music faded away, leaving me alone. Yet South of the Border, West of the Sun is as rich and mysterious as anything he has written. In that gentle darkness, the rain continued to fall without a sound. Then his childhood sweetheart returns, weighed down with secrets: When I went back into the bar, a glass and ashtray remained where she had been. He drifts through high school, college, and his 20s, before marrying and settling into a career as a successful bar owner. In South of the Border, West of the Sun, the arc of an average man's life from childhood to middle age, with its attendant
And the details of stolen moments past and present—a Nat King Cole melody, a face pressed against a window, a handful of ashes drifting downriver to the sea—threaten to undo him completely. Rich, mysterious, quietly dazzling, South of the Border, West of the Sun is Haruki Murakami’s wisest and most compelling work.. And a boyhood memory of a wise, lonely girl named Shimamoto clouds his heart. The postwar years have brought him a fine marriage, two daughters, and an enviable career as the proprietor of two jazz clubs. When Shimamoto shows up one rainy night, now
Francis Beauregard said Standard Murakami fare. Not one of Murakami's most profound works, but still very insightful and relatable. I think many people might have problems with the narrator, and he definitely is a prick, but some of the themes in the book are still very relatable, despite the unusually unlikable Murak. Excellent read. ELP I have read most of his books, but this one really resonated with me. All of his books have left me thinking about how the pieces fit together. This one more than most has compelled me to think about its message.. A solid work, but not his best one. Love Murakami but this wasn't one of his best novels. Still, a good story that leaves you with a strong emotional memory, rather than a memory of the plot.