“Shosetsu supamartetto” by Satoshi Azuchi

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Сегодня я расскажу вам про книжку, которую должен прочитать каждый продавец, управляющий магазином, менеджер по торговле, логист, в общем всякий, кто как-то связан с подобной деятельностью.

“Hardboiled. Hard Luck. Mizuumi” by Banana Yoshimoto

The book consists of three short novels. It begins to pray for health, and ends for the repose. The first story “Hardboiled”, in my opinion the most successful in the book, tells us about a mystical night of the girl who takes up residence in the hotel and confronted with ghosts. And the whole thing – a terrible altar, on which she accidentally stumbled into the forest.

As a continuation of the novel “Hard Luck”, the idea flows into the family drama, tied at the death of a family member. Slightly more dismal story.

“Mizuumi” (Lake) tells of a meeting of two lonely, and on the achievement of harmony in the relationship. The most boring novel on the presented in the book. Again, exclusively for fans of the writer. Somewhere, he saw that two of the first novel sold in book form, so if anyone is interested, I’d recommend to start with their search.

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“Hotaru, Naya-Wo Yaku, Sono Ta-No Tanpen” by Haruki Murakami

I must say that this book is a reissue of old books Murakami, which is called “Burn the barn.” The content is identical. Actually, the book – a collection of the early stories Murakami. I will not recommend it to everybody in succession, as this literature is designed primarily for those interested in the creative writer or looking at it, as I do. Overall, a pretty good stories, with virtually no slack in the plot.

Сразу скажу, что книжка эта является переизданием старой книги Мураками, которая называется “Сжечь Сарай”. Содержание полностью совпадает. Собственно, книга – это сборник ранних рассказов Мураками. Я не буду рекомендовать её всем подряд, так как данная литература рассчитана в первую очередь на тех, кто интересуется творчеством писателя или же изучает его, как я. В целом, довольно неплохие рассказы, практически без провисаний сюжета.

“Pinball, 1973″ by Haruki Murakami

Pinball, 1973 (1973年のピンボール, 1973-nen no pinbōru?) is a novel published in 1980 by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. The second book in the “Trilogy of the Rat” series, it is preceded by Hear the Wind Sing (1979) and followed by A Wild Sheep Chase (1982), and is the second novel written by Murakami.

All three books in the Trilogy of the Rat have been translated into English, but Pinball, 1973, and Hear The Wind Sing, the first two books in the trilogy, were only printed as English translations in Japan by Kodansha under their Kodansha English Library branding, and both only as A6-sized pocketbooks. Before being reprinted in 2009, these novels were difficult to locate and quite expensive, especially outside of Japan. Murakami is alleged to have said that he does not intend for these novels to be published outside of Japan. Whether or not this is true, both novels are much shorter than those that follow and make up the bulk of his work, and are less evolved stylistically. The title, 1973-nen no Pinbōru (1973年のピンボール) reflects the title of the well-known Oe Kenzaburo novel, Man’en Gannen no Futtoboru (万延元年のフットボール).

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“Tokyo Kitanshu” by Haruki Murakami

"Tokyo Kitanshu" by Haruki Murakami

"Tokyo Kitanshu" by Haruki Murakami

Frankly, this book publishers I recently bit disappointing. No, not content, but the desire to shake out of a buyer more money. Editors are going to artificially increase the thickness of the book due to compaction of paper and narrow column of text. I bought a book – and a feeling that had been deceived. Well, never mind, and above all – content.

With him just no problems. The collection includes several stories about the mystical theme. Urban tales, legends. Stories that people like to scare each other over a beer. It is not that very frightening, but very specific, and not standard. Monkey, stealing other people’s names. Stone in the form of buds, which pursues a woman. Phantom Surfer, who died in the teeth of sharks. A strange book, but in the spirit of the author. I will not recommend it to everybody in a row, but admirers of the author – Required Reading. Continue reading