Apollo reviewed The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami
Exactly the Short, Weird Story I Expected
4 stars
This short fiction is exactly what I expected from Murakami; it's a surreal, weird, and engrossing read.
96 pages
English language
Published Dec. 1, 2022 by Knopf.
In a fantastical illustrated short novel, three people imprisoned in a nightmarish library plot their escape.
Orig: Fushigi na toshokan (Kodansha, 2005)
Art direction and design: Chip Kidd
This short fiction is exactly what I expected from Murakami; it's a surreal, weird, and engrossing read.
Det er den klart mærkeligste af Haruki Murakamis bøger, jeg har læst, og det er ellers ikke fordi, ingen af de andre er mærkelige. Jeg har svært ved at finde mening med den her, og den fangede mig ikke rigtigt - i modsætning til mange andre af hans historier.
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