It seems that even in his own country Haruki Murakami can be a bit puzzling. Japan's Mainichi Shimbun tackles the question What is the parallel world in Murakami's new novel '1Q84'?, and their answers aren't particularly illuminating. Still, until the book is available in English, this is all we anglophones have to go on.The whole … Continue reading 何でもいい?!
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Roasting on an Open Fire
The New Yorker's Book Bench blog was keen-eyed enough to spot this forthcoming gem. General Sherman's Christmas will be the perfect gift for anyone who wants to combine warm holiday sentiments with a ruthless scorched earth policy of military dominance.That sounds like a few people on my Christmas list.--David E
Literary Drama
The on again, off again saga of Vladimir Nabokov's unfinished final manuscript has taken yet another unexpected turn. An excerpt of 5,000 words will be published in Playboy magazine this fall.To recap the whole story: Nabokov instructed that his incomplete novella The Original of Laura should not be published. According the the New York Times, … Continue reading Literary Drama
Musings from Magers and Quinn 