#hear the wind sing

[shihlun]

Jazz Saxophonist Akira Sakata as Bartender "J" in Hear the Wind Sing (1982) directed by Kazuki Ohmori.

#akira sakata #坂田明 #Hear the Wind Sing #風の歌を聴け #Kazuki Ohmori #大森一樹 #japanese film #1982 #haruki murakami #村上春樹

[quotespile]

There's no such thing as perfect writing, just like there's no such thing as perfect despair.

Haruki Murakami, Hear the Wind Sing

#literature #quotes #Haruki Murakami #Hear the Wind Sing #quote #books #lit

[albarrancabrera]

Whenever I look at the ocean, I always want to talk to people, but when I'm talking to people, I always want to look at the ocean.

Haruki Murakami, Hear the Wind Sing

#Haruki murakami #Hear the Wind Sing

[twicedailyquotes]

All things pass. None of us can manage to hold on to anything. In that way, we live our lives.

Haruki Murakami Hear the Wind Sing

#quote #quotes #haruki murakami #hear the wind sing #book quote

[saliseburi]

Must be a Murakami book

oh wait it is

Fanart of Haruki Murakamis “A Wild Sheep chase”

#fanart #haruki murakami #a wild sheep chase #the rat tilogy #pinball 1973 #hear the wind sing

[kierrasreads]

Wind/Pinball: Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973 by Haruki Murakami Review

Plot

In the spring of 1978, a young Haruki Murakami sat down at his kitchen table and began to write. The result: two remarkable short novels—Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973—that launched the career of one of the most acclaimed authors of our time.

These powerful, at times surreal, works about two young men coming of age—the unnamed narrator and his friend the Rat—are stories of loneliness, obsession, and eroticism. They bear all the hallmarks of Murakami’s later books, and form the first two-thirds, with A Wild Sheep Chase, of the trilogy of the Rat. 

Discussion

I surprisingly liked these two stories more than I thought I would. I think they're my favorite books of Murakami-sensei so far! There was no hyper fixation on sex/women's bodies (yes there were some instances, but compared to the other books of his that I read...this was a lot tamer)...and both the narrator and the Rat are relatable characters. They're both young men finding their way in the world, which I think just about anyone can relate to. I have a lot of questions about the twins, like who are they and how did they come to live with the unnamed narrator in the first place? What happened to them after they left Tokyo? Maybe the third book will answer that? Or I'll just have to settle on the idea that some things just never get answered.

Rating

4/5 for both

#kierra's reads #bookblr #haruki murakami #hear the wind sing #pinball 1973

[fdinotes]

Sometimes, I imagine how great it would be if we could live our lives without bothering other people. Think it's possible?

Hear the Wind Sing (Haruki Murakami), page 84.

#quote #book #haruki murakami #hear the wind sing

[bookcoversonly]

Title: Hear the Wind Sing | Author: Haruki Murakami | Publisher: Vintage (2016)

#books #Hear the Wind Sing #Haruki Murakami

[kiwichapstickss]

“I like the sky. You can look at it forever and never get tired of it, and when you don’t want to look at it anymore, you stop.”

“We’re all the same. Everyone who has something is afraid of losing it, and people with nothing are worried they’ll forever have nothing. Everyone is the same. The sooner you realize that, the sooner you’ll want to get stronger. Even if you’re just pretending. Don’t you think?

- Hear the Wind Sing | Haruki Murakami

#quotes #illustration #art #book quotes #painting #hear the wind sing #haruki murakami

[cinemaronin]

Hear the Wind Sing (1981)

風の歌を聴け Hear the Wind Sing (1981)  directed by Kazuki Ōmori cinematography by Kenji Watanabe

#風の歌を聴け #hear the wind sing #kazuki Ōmori #stills #japanese cinema #japanese film #asian cinema #haruki murakami #80s #kaoru kobayashi #kimie shingyôji #kai atō

[lost-khione]

"It's never a good idea to bad-mouth your family," she continued. "Only leaves you down in the dumps."

- the girl with four fingers on her left hand (i haven't seen her name anywhere yet), p.51, Hear the Wind Sing, Haruki Murakami

Note: edited, I realized I only initially wrote "the girl with four fingers" I realized my mistake when I read in the book that he emphasized that it was on the left hand and there was another passage referring to her as "the girl with nine fingers" 😂 and then I only just now remembered to edit this post (3 days later)

#hear the wind sing #haruki murakami #came across just at the right moment #i find his writing style interesting #how he doesn't name the characters but understand who's who #just uses some nickname for them #khione quoted

[tunabuddha]

#haruki murakami #pinball #hear the wind sing

[yakultlover457]

haters will disagree but hear the wing sing is the quintessential murakami novel… also its my favourite murakami novel of all time… if there r no more hear the wing sing enjoyers than i am dead

the unserious vibes and the amateurish charm has captivated me immensely … moreover, its the first appearance of /the/ narrator. one of the best protagonists in all of murakami’s works…

jus speaking my truth.. as one of the 7 enjoyers of his first ever novel

#hear the wind sing

[waywordsstudio]

Flashback: What was Haruki Murakami's first published novel?

#bookworm #literature #book reviews #read read read #books #haruki murakami #first book #flashback #japanese literature #hear the wind sing #pinball 1973

[saliseburi]

Started Reading Murakamis Rat Trilogy

Finished Pinball and had the Urge to draw the twins who were my fav part of the book

#fanart #haruki murakami #murakami #the rat trilogy #pinball 1973 #hear the wind sing #wild sheep chase

[tamamo-no-mae326]

All things pass. None of us can manage to hold on to anything. In that way, we live our lives.

Hear the Wind Sing, Haruki Murakami

#Hear the Wind Sing #The Rat Series #Haruki Murakami #quotes #tamamo-no-mae326