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No cover — Haruki Murakami: Dansu, dansu, dansu (Japanese language, 1988, Kōdansha)

Japanese language

Published 1988 by Kōdansha.

(1 review)

He burst upon the international scene with the wildly acclaimed A Wild Sheep Chase. He quickly came to represent the quirky voice of a new generation of Japanese writers. Now Haruki Murakami gives us his wittiest, boldest, most daring work to date. Dance dance dance continues the extraordinary adventure of an ordinary man. At thirty something, Murakami's nameless hero lives in a hi-tech, high-rise world where old virtues die fast and success is all that matters. He has shared in the glittering city's spoils, and while he has not sold his soul, he knows that something is lacking in his life. Now, in dreams, a mysterious woman weeps softly - for him. Yet, even as he tries to understand why, the voice that beckons is not hers. And still he dreams. Bizarre dreams that propel him down byways of his life in search of ... ? His is a …

He burst upon the international scene with the wildly acclaimed A Wild Sheep Chase. He quickly came to represent the quirky voice of a new generation of Japanese writers. Now Haruki Murakami gives us his wittiest, boldest, most daring work to date. Dance dance dance continues the extraordinary adventure of an ordinary man. At thirty something, Murakami's nameless hero lives in a hi-tech, high-rise world where old virtues die fast and success is all that matters. He has shared in the glittering city's spoils, and while he has not sold his soul, he knows that something is lacking in his life. Now, in dreams, a mysterious woman weeps softly - for him. Yet, even as he tries to understand why, the voice that beckons is not hers. And still he dreams. Bizarre dreams that propel him down byways of his life in search of ... ? His is a strange odyssey: en route, a thirteen-year-old girl, distressingly beautiful and clairvoyant, is his constant companion; a classmate, now oozing charm on TV soaps, grapples with murder; a lady of the night becomes his guardian angel; and an eccentric Sheep Man materializes to counsel and cajole. What's a fellow to do? Dance. You gotta dance as long as the music plays. And dance is what our hero does ... in the most unexpected ways!

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📖 Leo reviewed Baila, baila, baila by Haruki Murakami

Bonito y pretencioso

3 stars

Este libro no es la excepción de Murakami siendo Murakami, por lo que resulta difícil de reseñar sin dejarse una sensación de ser injustos en uno u otro sentido.

Es un texto bonito, con notas filosóficas "buena onda" que te hacen pensar que habrá mucha más sustancia de la que terminas encontrando en un volumen tan pretenciosamente largo.

Sin embargo, luego de la desazón final, la recapitulación para el juicio final te impide hacer una valoración más negativa que positiva.

Este libro impulsa mi tendencia a pensar en Murakami como un García Márquez japonés, con su realismo mágico y sus personajes solitarios. Claro que no recuerdo que el colombiano hubiera elegido para ninguna de sus obras un título tan forzado como Baila, baila, baila o que las finalizara de forma tan abrupta, como si se hubiera cansado de escribir.