![]() ![]() ![]() The colors as you read it go from bright spring greens, to gold and white and grey. In that universe, the story progresses in the span of a year, while the wonderland goes on for about two weeks. ![]() On the other hand, or side of the brain, there is a town inside an uncrossable wall where unicorns roam.”At the end of the world”, the other realm presented in parallel chapters is a more bizarre and colorful world. On one hand, there is the pseudo-science of the “real” world that is the Hard boiled wonderland, with ounces of brainwashing and dark creatures hidden in the Japanese metro system. The author invites you to enter its two realms while listening to Bob Dylan, Duran Duran or humming to Danny Boy as you suspend your disbelief. The nameless, faceless protagonist sets himself apart from the rest of the world, letting the reader know that he is a different model, somehow better. From movies, book references and music, the culture and spirit of the 80’s is very well punctuated and envisioned.Ĭould you count the coins you have in the left pocket with one side of your brain while you count with your other side the coins from your right pocket? The novel was written in 1985, the year being lively portrayed in the book. Haruki Murakami is a Japanese bestselling author of fourteen novels and five collections of stories, his works being translated in over forty languages. A book with a phenomenological insight on a character viewed from two different dimensions. ![]()
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