Wind/Pinball: Two Novels, by Haruki Murakami
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Wind/Pinball: Two Novels, by Haruki Murakami
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Hear the Wind Sing follows the fortunes of the narrator and his friend, known only by his nickname, the Rat. The narrator is home from college on his summer break. He spends his time drinking beer and smoking in J's Bar with the Rat, listening to the radio, thinking about writing and the women he has slept with and pursuing a relationship with a girl with nine fingers.
Wind/Pinball: Two Novels, by Haruki Murakami- Amazon Sales Rank: #154597 in Audible
- Published on: 2015-10-26
- Format: Unabridged
- Original language: English
- Running time: 469 minutes
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55 of 58 people found the following review helpful. Welcome to the birth of Murakami World By C. E. Stevens It is somewhat ironic that despite being an international phenomenon and enjoying perennial buzz about potentially winning the Nobel Prize for Literature, Murakami’s first two novels are extremely difficult to get your hands on unless you can read Japanese. Before even cracking the cover of these works, one is confronted by two conflicting emotions. On the one hand, it feels like one has the “forbidden fruit” in their hands, which lends a kind of titillating thrill. On the other hand, one feels some trepidation. After all, Murakami has supposedly suppressed these books’ release in English for decades … could they really be that bad? Fortunately, Murakami’s earliest works are—[dramatic pause]—pretty much exactly what you’d expect from early works of Murakami in terms of content and style. The cool, detached “Boku” protagonist (so-named because, like many of Murakami’s early first-person protagonists, this one has no name: only the polite-but-not-overly-formal pronoun “Boku”), who cracks wry jokes and has a weakness for jazz, drinking, and mysterious women. Other delights: an enigmatic friend who goes only by the name “Rat” (and is the yang to Boku’s yin), a nine-fingered woman, mysterious twins, a talking pinball machine, Martian wells, and a bar where time seems to stand still.Is there a plot to these stories? Yes, but like much of Murakami’s oeuvre (especially his early works), the enjoyment is in the journey, not the destination. The “journey” in these works is a leisurely, almost aimless one that is as much a meditation on the only certainty in life being that the connections formed between people are made to be broken; we are all fundamentally alone, the comfort provided by companionship and love is illusory at best. Hear the wind sing, says Murakami … but what the wind (i.e., the collective consciousness of humanity) has to say apparently drives one to suicidal despair, in what is Murakami’s first, brief, yet hauntingly beautiful foray into the metaphysical realm toward the end of Hear the Wind Sing. Indeed, if you have not read early Murakami for a while, it is slightly shocking to be reminded of not just the detachment, but even the quiet despair and nihilism that pervade his youthful characters’ thoughts. This makes for a notable contrast with the works Murakami wrote after the sarin gas attack on Tokyo in 1995, which seems to have triggered a rather profound shift from a fundamentally detached perspective to a more engaged and pro-active one.So how does this work stand up to his other works? These are certainly not Murakami’s masterpieces, but these are not bad works either … there is something simple and pure, undistilled, if you will, that puts these works in my personal list of “Top 10 Murakami novels”, even if they fall short of the “Top 5”. Let me put it this way: if you like Murakami, especially his early works, you’ll like Wind/Pinball. Even though this is clearly Murakami at his greenest, this is still Murakami World: although the plot is simple, the themes and ideas that will pervade his entire oeuvre are present here already in nascent form. If you’re new to Murakami, should you start here? That’s a difficult question. If you do and you love these books, keep on reading and know that you can say something that virtually no one can: that your first exposure to a living legend started with his debut works (even in Japan, Murakami did not really gain widespread attention or readership until he wrote Norwegian Wood, his fifth novel). If you read these books first and come away intrigued, even if you are not ready to declare undying love, keep on reading before passing judgment … perhaps proceed with the next book in this “Trilogy of the Rat” (A Wild Sheep Chase), try his short stories, or perhaps jump ahead to a more recent book to see if Murakami’s newer books resonate more strongly. If you read these stories and don’t like them at all, then quite frankly Murakami might not be for you … and that’s ok! He elicits very strong love/hate feelings (even as a fan, I’ve fallen in love—then out, and then in again!—with Murakami’s works over time), and there’s no sense torturing yourself if the fit just isn’t there.Having taken this foray into Murakami’s beginnings, I am curious to see what the future holds. Lately, Murakami seems to be in a stretch of high productivity, with a new novel (Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki) and new short story collection (Men Without Women) coming out within a short span of time. At ‘just’ 66 years of age, I imagine there is plenty of time for another chapter (or two or three!) in Murakami’s constantly evolving literary journey. I look forward to going along for the ride!
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful. nice glimpse into the author's early talent By My 2 Cents Newly translated into English, "Wind/Pinball" are the first two books of the author, part of "Rat" trilogy that is completed with, A Wild Sheep Chase.Both Wind and Pinball are very short and probably best described as novellas. In "Wind", an unnamed narrator is home from college for the summer and spends his time patronizing J's Bar, listening to music and drinking beer with his wealthy friend, "The Rat". He talks and fantasizes about the women he has been with including a 9-fingered woman he has been seeing,In "Pinball", the narrator is now out of college and living and working in Tokyo as a translator. He's bent on tracking down a spaceship pinball machine he played while in college. He's involved with identical twins who are staying appeared in his bed one morning. The twins at times are only distinguishable by the numbers on their shirts - 208 and 209 (assuming they haven't switched shirts to have a little fun of their own). The Rat is still hanging out at J's but seems depressed and has had no luck with women.For Murakami fans who have an appreciation for the writer's work, these (2) entry novellas seems to reveal how the author is trying to develop his style. "Wind", almost seems incomplete with rambling dialogue which reader's new to this author may be put off by, especially since there is no real plot or resolution to this short story.In " Pinball" there was more of a surreal feeling developing. I couldn't help but wonder if this unnamed narrator in both stories was in some small way a bit autobiographical of the author at that particular point in his life.There were recurring themes like loneliness, death and obsession. We also see emotionally devoid young men and physically imperfect women much more like the author's later offerings. I especially enjoyed the quirkiness of the characters and the conversations between the narrator and "the rat". Overall, I was satisfied by this combined offering, as I think it gives readers a nice glimpse into the creative talent this author possesses. I thought the introduction which describes how the author was inspired to write was fantastic.The audio version, read by Kirby Keyborne, was very well done.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful. Unpolished gems by the master of modern fiction By Michael Warren Why have we had to wait since 1973 to get English translations of these two novellas ? Murakami is way too modest in his introduction. The first has very short chapters and relies a little too heavily on excerts from famous songs and other fictional classics but is still very rich in characterisation and quirky insights into daily Japanese life that Murakami has since built his career on.There is a strong sense of nostalgic longing and a feeling of lost direction in the main narrator and the other characters he has relationships with during "Pinball" which is definitely the more polished of the two short works. Muarakami's ability to give the reader a strong sense of characters inner feelings by use of very little narrative was already very apparent here.After reading this I would more than recommend continuing with "A Wild Sheep Chase" which rounds out the story line. Certain topics and thematic references are repeated thoughout Mr Murakam's later work. An example would be "Windup Bird Chronicles" which I personally consider to be his masterpiece.Read this book, read anything by Murakami and keep on reading.
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