poetry in commotion...

norwegian wood

Just finished Norwegian Wood by Murakami, and I have to say I love it.  Brilliant.  The ending is a little unsatisfying, but I do prefer endings that have a air of finality about it rather than ambiguity.  Plus, it's japanese so the end was always going to be a little ambiguous.

I'll talk somemore about the book (and another short story I read) later but I just wanted to share something.  Every good book has one or more defining moments where it pulls your attention and takes you for a ride.  For me, my surrounds become muffled and still, and the words become larger, as if literally tearing themselves off the page.  I can almost hear the storyteller telling the tale in recesses of my mind, the character speaking in my ears , as if  I'm actually there, watching the scene as an invisible specter.

That's when I know it's a good book.

posted by jaseypoo! @ 10:41 PM