– Okay, pay close attention; this is a book about a boy who's in love with a girl, who in turn is in love with a woman who lost half of herself when witnessing herself having sex while being trapped in a Ferris wheel, thus loosing all ability to really love anyone ever. Yes, Murakami is one surreal bastard. But he's also one hell of a storyteller, following in the Kafkaesque tradition of putting dopey characters in a world they can't control, and thus portraying both psychological dystopia and modern-day existential angst. Sputnik Sweetheart is no exception; inhabited by loveable, highly introspective (and therefore rewarding) characters, and with a plotline that will mystify and excite all lovers of awesome contemporary writing. Murakami is a master storyteller, and Sputnik Sweetheart is very good proof of this.
Sputnik Sweetheart
«Sputnik Sweetheart has touched me deeper and pushed me further than anything I've read in a long time»
Julie Myerson, Guardian
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A mystery story about love, the cosmos and other fictional universes.
Sumire is in love with a woman seventeen years her senior. Miu is glamorous and successful. Sumire is an aspiring writer who dresses in an oversized second-hand coat and heavy boots like a character in a Kerouac novel.
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*PRE-ORDER HARUKI MURAKAMI’S NEW NOVEL, THE CITY AND ITS UNCERTAIN WALLS, NOW*
A mystery story about love, the cosmos and other fictional universes.
Sumire is in love with a woman seventeen years her senior. Miu is glamorous and successful. Sumire is an aspiring writer who dresses in an oversized second-hand coat and heavy boots like a character in a Kerouac novel.
Sumire spends hours on the phone talking to her best friend K about the big questions in life: what is sexual desire, and should she ever tell Miu how she feels for her? Meanwhile K wonders whether he should confess his own unrequited love for Sumire.
Then, a desperate Miu calls from a small Greek island: Sumire has mysteriously vanished...
'Confirms Murakami as a master of his craft... Out of this world' Time Out
Medlemsvurdering:
Okay, pay close attention; this is a book about a boy who's in love with a girl, who in turn is in love with a woman who lost half of herself when witnessing herself having sex while being trapped in a Ferris wheel, thus loosing all ability to really love anyone ever. Yes, Murakami is one surreal bastard. But he's also one hell of a storyteller, following in the Kafkaesque tradition of putting dopey characters in a world they can't control, and thus portraying both psychological dystopia and modern-day existential angst. Sputnik Sweetheart is no exception; inhabited by loveable, highly introspective (and therefore rewarding) characters, and with a plotline that will mystify and excite all lovers of awesome contemporary writing. Murakami is a master storyteller, and Sputnik Sweetheart is very good proof of this.Ferlie
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Vintage
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 240
- ISBN
- 9780099448471
- Utgivelsesår
- 2002
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
Om forfatteren
In works such as The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, 1Q84, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running and Men Without Women, Murakami's distinctive blend of the mysterious and the everyday, of melancholy and humour, continues to enchant readers, ensuring his place as one of the world's most acclaimed and well-loved writers.
Anmeldelser
«Sputnik Sweetheart has touched me deeper and pushed me further than anything I've read in a long time»
Julie Myerson, Guardian
«How does Murakami manage to make poetry while writing of contemporary life and emotions? I am weak-kneed with admiration»
Independent on Sunday
«A beautiful novel, as light as a feather, and yet enduringly sad... a captivating book from one of the world's most interesting authors»
Sunday Herald
«Murakami has been compared to everyone from Raymond Carver to Raymond Chandler - which should tell you only one thing: he's unique»
Independent
«Confirms Murakami as a master of his craft... Out of this world»
Time Out
«Grabs you from its opening lines. . . . [Murakami's] never written anything more openly emotional.»
Los Angeles Magazine
«Murakami is a genius.»
Chicago Tribune
«Murakami has an unmatched gift for turning psychological metaphors into uncanny narratives. -»
The New York Times Book Review
«An agonizing, sweet story about the power and the pain of love. . . . Immensely deepened by perfect little images that leave much to be filled in by the reader's heart or eye.»
The Baltimore Sun
«[Murakami belongs] in the topmost rank of writers of international stature.»
Newsday