Tag Archives: Haruki Murakami

love, pain and Chekhov (film: Drive My Car – Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, 2021)

‘Drive my Car’ by Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi is a complex and elegiac film about love and mourning, about art as a means of relieving personal trauma, about responsibility and about the persistence of pain. Well-written and fine acted, it … Continue reading

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Lumea lui Barnum si Bailey (Haruki Murakami – 1Q84)

‘1Q84’ – monumentalul (in volum si substanta) recent roman al lui Haruki Murakami incepe cu un motto care a fost enigmatic pentru mine la prima citire: It’s a Barnum and Bailey world, just as phony as it can be, But … Continue reading

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