MURAKAMI 2014 editions: Vintage paperbacks Norwegian Wood – 4.5 out of 5, 1/2-1/5 Kafka on the Shore – 5 out of 5, 3/8-3/11 1Q84 – 3 out of 5, 5/24-5/31 The Elephant Vanishes – 3 out of 5, 8/18-8/28 Hard-Boiled Wonderland and The End of the World – 4 out of 5, 10/23-10/28 The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle – 3 out of 5, 12/08-12/14 So, in a bit of a change of pace from the last two years, I opted to pick a contemporary author for this third year of the Ten […]

Categories: Features, The Ten Year Catch-Up • Tags: 1Q84, Features, Fiction, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, Haruki Murakami, Jazz, Kafka on the Shore, Literature, Music, Norwegian Wood, Reflection, Short Stories, The Elephant Vanishes, The Ten Year Catch-Up, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle