I read this book late, very late. How do you review a book that has been read by millions already, have formed strong opinions already and something that is already a cult classic. The fact remains that this was probably my time to read this book, and as I always say a book chooses me to read it when it thinks I am ready for it. Author’s note in the beginning of the edition that I have, talks about how [...]
The byline of the book reads ‘a study of economics as if people mattered’, and I can add to that economics as if common sense prevailed. This is a classical book written sometime in early 70s, almost 40 years ago and its every word still hold true, actually it means much more now than it did then. Everything that the author says is simple and commonsensical and you wonder why this even needs to be said. But the fact of [...]
This is the first Murakami book I have read. I also read fiction after a long time. The book follows an interesting format, two protagonists and their stories take up the odd and even chapters in the book. As you read you actually feel you are reading two different stories and keep waiting for the point where they would converge. One of the protagonists is a 15 year old boy who calls himself Kafka, whose story begins when he runs [...]
There are very few books and a fewer writers who can tell you a story in multiple layers, which run in parallel throughout the book, and keep you educated and entertained along the storyline. These are some of the layers that I could discover through my reading: 1.Story of little girl from a small village who is sold by her father, betrayed by someone whom she thought is going to adopt her, serves as a maid in an Okiya ( [...]