tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9984584.post6030706907199429713..comments2024-03-22T00:03:12.724+05:30Comments on Chiffonesque: 857Mukta Rauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12910445445460641754noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9984584.post-4019234976883050952014-10-26T16:47:54.256+05:302014-10-26T16:47:54.256+05:30will definitely get that book. thanks so much!will definitely get that book. thanks so much!Mukta Rauthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12910445445460641754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9984584.post-75365276110760128662014-10-26T03:04:40.519+05:302014-10-26T03:04:40.519+05:30okay i'm suddenly tempted to say pick sputnik ...okay i'm suddenly tempted to say pick sputnik sweetheart (really depends on the hour/day i'm being asked for a reco) heh :)supnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9984584.post-61363758463958198122014-10-26T03:00:43.327+05:302014-10-26T03:00:43.327+05:30from what i've read, i'd pick 'The Win...from what i've read, i'd pick 'The Wind Up Bird Chronicle' and 'Sputnik Sweetheart' (i find it very hard to choose between the two). there's also selections of his stuff online, from the New Yorker and other sources, but among the books i especially loved those two.supnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9984584.post-2348225414547618192014-10-25T23:57:01.187+05:302014-10-25T23:57:01.187+05:30I will write about nocturnes when I am through. an...I will write about nocturnes when I am through. and thanks for the recco. will get unconsoled. I haven't read any of murakami. what would you suggest I start with?Mukta Rauthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12910445445460641754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9984584.post-10219392998443203202014-10-25T04:05:40.803+05:302014-10-25T04:05:40.803+05:30oh agree about the Japanese authors' sensibili...oh agree about the Japanese authors' sensibility. amazingly, Murakami reads so beautifully in translation too, so that makes for some serious admiration for his translators.<br /><br />i loved Nocturnes (though leaky brains, have only sensory impressions of some parts of the book left with me, had read a borrowed copy). do write about it when you're done? would also highly recommend Ishiguro's The Unconsoled... was not the easiest of reads, but persevered because of a review i'd read online and ended up liking it lots.supnoreply@blogger.com