Review
—The Times
“Haruki Murakami’ s new novel is a dense exploration of time and place, identity and possibility. . . . Murakami’s gift is that his bizarre and disconnected universe makes intuitive sense; his playful touch and deep compassion for the isolated human state lend his words a joyful, colourful tint. This is a complex work by a thinker who, like his characters, defies definition.”
—Sunday Times (UK)
“After Dark rides in the strong wake of Kafka on the Shore.”
—The Globe and Mail
“After Dark is possibly the closest Murakami has yet come to composing a pure tone-poem. . . . A story that spells out less but evokes as much if not more. . . . The novel could be an allegory of sleep, a phenomenology of time, or a cinematic metafiction. Whatever it is, the memory lingers.”
—Guardian
“By writing about the mysteries of the night with nothing but specifics, Murakami makes the nightscape as vivid as a dream. . . . After Dark is one to keep by the bedside table, the perfect insomniac’s companion.”
—Newsweek
“It’s Haruki Murakami; there’s no hurry. The familiar drowsy jazz bars, enigmatic females and affable, directionless males are out in force and so is the writer’s irresistible easygoing style, gliding us through the darkest passages of a Tokyo night, where ennui is peppered with uncanny occurrences and a flash of horrific violence. . . . Murakami is clearly in love with the off-kilter melodies of the city at night.”
—Observer
About the Author
Product details
- ISBN-13: 9780099506249
- Publisher: RHUK
- Published: June 2008
- Pages: 208
- Binding: Paperback
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