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"A Japanese mix of A Clockwork Orange and L'Etranger." -Newsweek
"Bugs and mucus, cheesecake and semen, rain and runways-all lovingly described." - Washington Post
"Highly recommended for readers of the bizarre." -Antioch Review
"A violent book-sharply begun and slammed quickly to a finish." -Bestsellers
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Almost Transparent Blue is a brutal tale of lost youth in a Japanese port town close to an American military base. Murakami's image-intensive narrative paints a portrait of a group of friends locked in a destructive cycle of sex, drugs and rock?n?roll. The novel is all but plotless, but the raw and often violent prose takes us on a rollercoaster ride through reality and hallucination, highs and lows, in which the characters and their experiences come vividly to life. Trapped in passivity, they gain neither passion nor pleasure from their adventures. Yet out of the alienation, boredom and underlying rage and grief emerges a strangely quiet and almost equally shocking beauty. Ryu Murakami's first novel, Almost Transparent Blue won the coveted Akutagawa literary prize and became an instant bestseller. Representing a sharp and conscious turning away from the introspective trend of postwar Japanese literature, it polarized critics and public alike and soon attracted international attention as an alternative view of modern Japan.
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If nothing else, this book will shatter any illusions you may have had about Japan and its people fitting any stereotypes or what you thought were your astute observations on them. However the novel soon runs out of steam ('oh, another orgy') and ends somewhat predictably, regardless of whether youre reading the original or the translation. The sexually explicit passages are quite compelling and realistic, but overall the focus is weak. The subplot involving the narrator's imaginary 'city' is particularly uninteresting and contrived. It is a must-read (and own) for the serious student of Japanese and a quick one at that. In the end though, other novels like Box Man and any Tanizaki (or Dostoyevsky, Burgess' Clockwork Orange) evoke conscious self-destruction more eloquently with insightful denoument. While I did enjoy the book and was able to relate it to some of my own experience, a word of warning to all would-be coffeshop japanophile poseurs : this book isn't as good as you think it is
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Street cool characters drink, do drugs and have a lot of group sex - then the protagonist decides there must be more to life than that.
Well, yeah.
This novel aspires to Camus "L'Etranger" but without the philosophical underpinning we're left with pure derivation. There's the same tone of voice, the same sensuousness of description, the same criticism of contemporary values, but no ideas beneath the surface. Given the 20 year gap, Murakami can be more graphic than Camus, but painting the vomit in greener tones only makes things more cartoon-like.
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If you are intereseted in Japanese subculture you should read this book. It's completely different from "69" but just as addictive. Reading drug induced prose is always fun. But I can't tell for sure if this book is truth or fiction. He's a little too coherent to be a total druggie. It blows "Memoirs from a Geisha" away.
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it is predictable and boring
i am hugely disappointed by this book. I thought it would move me to another world, but it was just another utter predictable banter with repetitive tritefulness, i can almost... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 5. November 1999 veröffentlicht
20+ years old and still has a strong impact
A great read. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Especially the end which I didn' t see as entirely fatalistic. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 27. Oktober 1999 veröffentlicht
A work of a genius that cannot be translated
It is a shame that Ryu Murakami is so little known to the rest of the world. Yet, it is little wonder considering how much of his genius is inevitablly lost in the translation. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 16. September 1999 veröffentlicht
A real surprise!
I guess I have to admit that my image of Japanese culture is rather off. When I think of Japan the last things that come to mind are junkies, crime, and moral bankruptcy. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 4. August 1999 veröffentlicht
The book that defined modern Japanese literature
A fierce, grotesque journey through the depths of one man's apathy and suffering, Almost Transparent Blue remains one of Murakami's finest works, even 20 years later. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 25. September 1998 veröffentlicht
harsh, drug-induced, stunning
Fabulous read. You'll wonder about the Japanese character after this book. It's not tea services and complex go games, it's an insightful William Burroughs. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 26. Januar 1998 von Brian Bulkowski
Less then Zero in Japan
This book reminded me of Brett-Easton Ellis's book Less Then Zero. A man will tell you of his lost years as a young man. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 1. August 1997 veröffentlicht
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