Hi everyone,
I just finished my last Haruki Murakami book – and now I'm sitting here feeling a little lost because I don't know what to read next. I love his style too much to read anything “normal” right now.
What I find so special about Murakami is his completely relaxed, almost casual narrative style, in which he seems to simply describe everyday life but at the same time there's this feeling that something is lurking in the background, something magical, surreal, crazy, that could break into the story at any moment, and that it doesn't just remain a normal story, but at some point this one moment comes that casts everything in a different light and makes it worth reading basically the whole book about one boring protagonist who is just being followed through his boring daily life.
I look for books that have exactly this mixture of calm atmosphere and latent surrealism, stories that read like a dream: sometimes clear, sometimes blurred, but always with that intangible something that keeps you feeling, even when nothing spectacular happens.
What have you read after him that has enchanted you in a similar way or just satisfied you if you like Murakami like me?
Or what do you generally read when you're looking for this kind of mood?
I welcome any recommendations!
by ryuchn_