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Tutti i figli di Dio danzano by Haruki Murakami

kelanth's review against another edition

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2.0

Di questo autore ho letto solo alcuni dei suoi romanzi sino ad ora, questa era la prima raccolta di racconti che leggevo, anche se so che ne ha scritte altre. Folgorato dai romanzi, rimango un po' deluso da questi racconti.

La mia opinione è che Murakami, nonostante la sua incredibile originalità che esce prepotente anche in questi racconti, non renda allo stesso modo che come nel romanzo. I racconti mi sembrano troppo brevi per poter dare respiro al suo stile.

Alcuni testi nel libro mi sono piaciuti più di altri, primo fra tutti l'ultimo "Torte al mele": tre amici, due giovani studenti e una ragazza, tutti innamorati, ma di chi veramente? Altri li ho graditi decisamente meno su tutti quello del lombrico gigante; filo conduttore fra tutti un terremoto che colpisce una regione del Giappone, tutte le storie in qualche modo richiamano tale evento o lo fa da sfondo.

Lettura scorrevole e carina, ma decisamente ho preferito i suoi romanzi. Da rivalutare alla prossima raccolta di racconti.

daisyclements's review against another edition

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4.0

order of favourites :)


paysage avec fer
galette au miel
thaïlande
un ovni a atterri à kushiro
crapaudin sauve tokyo
tous les enfants de dieu savent danser

emmzxiee_07's review against another edition

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5.0

I love each and every story that is in relation after the quake. It is so amazing. Murakami never failed to impress me with his weird world.

saucee's review against another edition

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mysterious medium-paced

3.75

etste's review against another edition

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mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

sugandha's review against another edition

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4.0

I am tripping on Murakami right now. While reading his stories I get this feeling that I am looking at life from high up in the sky.
      The recurring theme of all the 6 short stories is the Kobe earthquake. Murakami in his signature style draws parallel between the earthquake and the soul-quake that ordinary people feel on a regular basis in their daily mundane lives. My favorite in the collection is “Super frog saves Tokyo” (I would love to talk about Hemingway with Mr.Frog).
                    This book was like a Murakami appetizer and I just cannot wait to try out the main course.

artemisiareads's review against another edition

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mysterious reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

d34nn3_29's review against another edition

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mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

feralhobbit's review against another edition

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3.0

After the Quake is a marvelous little book. Each short-story within is haunting, powerful, and fully captures that peculiar essence which pervades Murakami's longer stories.

It's something I would recommend to readers who are interested in testing out Murakami yet hesitant to start his other works out of concern to the amount of time they would take to complete. Consider this a quick-and-dirty introduction, of sorts. The only thing it lacked was an abundance of cats.