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A review by karenholmes
The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami
4.0
Short piece with a nightmarish imaginery that revolves around a library, but it talks about loneliness and connections.
I have to admit, I started readng it because I thought it would be another piece to add to my "books about the love of books" but no. Even though it has some delicious sentences about books and reading, this is not a celebration of libraries.
In a sense, it reminds me of Neil Gaiman's worlds, dark and scary but at the same time with a cloak of magic that makes you stare and not go away. In a horrified kind of way, but stay.
I have to admit, I started readng it because I thought it would be another piece to add to my "books about the love of books" but no. Even though it has some delicious sentences about books and reading, this is not a celebration of libraries.
In a sense, it reminds me of Neil Gaiman's worlds, dark and scary but at the same time with a cloak of magic that makes you stare and not go away. In a horrified kind of way, but stay.