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(08-23-2011 11:39 AM)Thomas Is Awesome Wrote:  Man I just do not get the appeal of Murakami. Just do not. I enjoy surrealism, but his work feels broken some how.Like it's almost there but not quite. I also don't dig on how he fetishizes western culture.

Well it might be a function of a common Japanese literature trope. I cant for the life of me remember the name of it, and have been trying to find it via google for a while. basically it's that they structure stories as subtle start with increasing intensity and detail and then a sudden stop at the height. I remember it was compared to a bird song. Man I wish I could remember the name. But it basically means that a lot of Japanese literature focuses heavily on detail and fleshing out ideas and building to a climax, and then the story stops with no wind down.