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Killing Commendatore
- A Novel
- De: Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel - translator, Ted Goossen - translator
- Narrado por: Kirby Heyborne
- Duración: 28 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,673
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,411
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,403
In Killing Commendatore, a 30-something portrait painter in Tokyo is abandoned by his wife and finds himself holed up in the mountain home of a famous artist, Tomohiko Amada. When he discovers a previously unseen painting in the attic, he unintentionally opens a circle of mysterious circumstances. To close it, he must complete a journey that involves a mysterious ringing bell, a two-foot-high physical manifestation of an Idea, a dapper businessman who lives across the valley, a precocious 13-year-old girl, a Nazi assassination attempt during World War II in Vienna.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Masterpiece and A Good Novel To Start
- De Elif Kaya en 10-18-18
- Killing Commendatore
- A Novel
- De: Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel - translator, Ted Goossen - translator
- Narrado por: Kirby Heyborne
not his best
Revisado: 03-17-19
if you've read Murakami before, much of this story will seem familiar, too familiar in my opinion. Nothing surprised me. Murakami reuses the same tropes as the Wind Up Bird Chronicle and Kafka by the Shore. Come up with something new!! The dialogue felt stilted, superficial, and unrealistic to me. It felt like I was reading a story that was overly constructed and forced. I never felt immersed in the story. Also, the didn't seemed to be any limitations to the story, neither logical or physical. So it felt like anything could happen, nothing could possibly be surprising, and nothing could be significant. I wanted the book to be over very badly. I couldn't stand listening to it anymore but I was determined to finish it. The characters were one dimensional and not compelling. I usually miss a good character after finishing a book. But here I was happy to say goodbye to all of them. Lastly, behind the story is a subtle and disturbing pedophilia that made me feel uncomfortable. Sometimes even incestual pedophilia. It might be a Japanese thing. but I didn't like it and it detracted from the story.
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Men Without Women
- Stories
- De: Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel - translator, Ted Goossen - translator
- Narrado por: Kirby Heyborne
- Duración: 7 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,118
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 984
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 984
Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways, find themselves alone. Here are lovesick doctors, students, ex-boyfriends, actors, bartenders, and even Kafka’s Gregor Samsa, brought together to tell stories that speak to us all. In Men Without Women, Murakami has crafted another contemporary classic, marked by the same wry humor and pathos that have defined his entire body of work.
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3 out of 5 stars
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That's how we become Men Without Women
- De Darwin8u en 07-27-17
- Men Without Women
- Stories
- De: Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel - translator, Ted Goossen - translator
- Narrado por: Kirby Heyborne
not his best is an understatement
Revisado: 01-07-18
I like murakami, really love 1q84 and wind up bird. they are two of my favorite books all time. but this work is a serious flop. there are some interesting stories in it but overall it lacks subtlety and there's a feeling at the end that he tried to force cohesiveness into the series that was unnecessary, particular with the last piece which is by far the worst published story I've read from Murakami. I would read a couple of these stories again but some of them are just so dreadful that I had to give this 1 star, sorry haruki
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The Remains of the Day
- De: Kazuo Ishiguro
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 8 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,579
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,128
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,113
The Remains of the Day is a profoundly compelling portrait of the perfect English butler and of his fading, insular world in postwar England. At the end of his three decades of service at Darlington Hall, Stevens embarks on a country drive, during which he looks back over his career to reassure himself that he has served humanity by serving "a great gentleman". But lurking in his memory are doubts about the true nature of Lord Darlington's "greatness" and graver doubts about his own faith in the man he served.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Butler reflects back on his years of service
- De Adam Shields en 04-26-14
- The Remains of the Day
- De: Kazuo Ishiguro
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
let it sit
Revisado: 10-09-17
probably will need some time to digest this book. it moves slowly and deliberately and the main character is frustrating but in the end it's satisfying
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1Q84
- De: Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin - translator, Philip Gabriel - translator
- Narrado por: Allison Hiroto, Marc Vietor, Mark Boyett
- Duración: 46 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 10,807
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 9,517
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 9,492
The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo.
A young woman named Aomame follows a taxi driver's enigmatic suggestion and begins to notice puzzling discrepancies in the world around her. She has entered, she realizes, a parallel existence, which she calls 1Q84 - "Q" is for "question mark". A world that bears a question....
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5 out of 5 stars
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WOW, WOW, WOW.
- De Amanda en 11-06-11
- 1Q84
- De: Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin - translator, Philip Gabriel - translator
- Narrado por: Allison Hiroto, Marc Vietor, Mark Boyett
my favorite audio book of all time
Revisado: 08-28-17
words cannot express. I listened to this a year ago and I still miss aomame and tengo
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
- De: Haruki Murakami
- Narrado por: Adam Sims, Ian Porter
- Duración: 14 h
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,692
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,450
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,455
Information is everything in "Hard-Boiled Wonderland". A specialist encrypter is attacked by thugs with orders from an unknown source, is chased by invisible predators, and dates an insatiably hungry librarian who never puts on weight. In "The End of the World" a new arrival is learning his role as dream-reader. But there is something eerily disquieting about the changeless nature of the town and its fable-like inhabitants. Told in alternate chapters, the two stories converge and combine.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Grown-up Hiyao Miyazaki
- De Ryan en 03-07-12
- Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
- De: Haruki Murakami
- Narrado por: Adam Sims, Ian Porter
not my favorite murakami
Revisado: 05-07-17
glad I read it but not my favorite murakami read. if you haven't read murakami before I suggest starting with Kafka on the shore or the wind up bird chronical.
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Norwegian Wood
- De: Haruki Murakami
- Narrado por: John Chancer
- Duración: 13 h y 21 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,383
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,084
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 2,090
Toru, a serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young woman, but their mutual passion is marked by the tragic death of their best friend years before. As Naoko retreats further into her own world, Toru finds himself drawn to a fiercely independent and sexually liberated young woman.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sorry, but I didn't like the narrator.
- De Kelly McCarty en 10-30-15
- Norwegian Wood
- De: Haruki Murakami
- Narrado por: John Chancer
great book, and great reading
Revisado: 10-30-16
this is very dfferent from other murakami novels, there's not so much imagination and absurdness to it but the concreteness of it is nice. still I feel it compliments murakamis other work quite well. would recommend to anyone interested in his work.
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
- A Novel
- De: Haruki Murakami
- Narrado por: Rupert Degas
- Duración: 26 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,554
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,941
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,939
In a Tokyo suburb, a young man named Toru Okada searches for his wife’s missing cat—and then for his wife as well—in a netherworld beneath the city’s placid surface. As these searches intersect, he encounters a bizarre group of allies and antagonists. Gripping, prophetic, and suffused with comedy and menace, this is one of Haruki Murakami’s most acclaimed and beloved novels.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful book, flawed narration.
- De REBECCA en 02-08-14
- The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
- A Novel
- De: Haruki Murakami
- Narrado por: Rupert Degas
great
Revisado: 08-28-16
exceptional, second favorite audiobook ever. I plan on listening to this a second time. narration is great and the book itself is wonderful and magical
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