![]() ![]() I always want the characters to be happy, Mari and Takahashi especially. Murakami gives his books these infuriatingly ambiguous endings, leaving the readers to ponder what happens next. Then again, it might just be my Pollyannaism at work. ![]() This uncharacteristically short and streamlined work also bears the distinction of having the happiest (or at least the most hopeful) ending of all Murakami’s novels I’ve read. The entire novel takes place between midnight and dawn in central Tokyo, and follows a series of seemingly disjointed narratives that run concurrent and eventually intersect-for one night only!Īfter Dark strikes a chord with the heavily-caffeinated nocturnal types who know only too well how daylight turns the magic of wild nights into bitter regret. To get myself in a Murakami mood I did pick up his 2004 (English translation, 2007) After Dark. I’ve yet to get my hands on a copy of IQ84 and I’ve successfully avoided reading reviews online. “Between the time the last train leaves and the first train arrives, the place changes: it’s not the same as in daytime.” ![]()
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