Two interesting links related to A Wild Sheep Chase / Murakami themes:
I found this Buzzfeed quiz: “Which Type Of Haruki Murakami Character Are You?” http://www.buzzfeed.com/kevintang/which-type-of-haruki-murakami-character-are-you#.qi9BB2MRJx
I found this Buzzfeed quiz: “Which Type Of Haruki Murakami Character Are You?” http://www.buzzfeed.com/kevintang/which-type-of-haruki-murakami-character-are-you#.qi9BB2MRJx
I think our class could make a better quiz. But, if you take
the one on Buzzfeed, let me know your result. Here’s what I got:
Speaking of ears, an interesting excerpt from The Paris Review’s interview with Murakami where he talks about his female characters as "harbingers of the coming world" because of their sexuality:
http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/2/the-art-of-fiction-no-182-haruki-murakami
In the same interview, Murakami comments on his development
as a writer, which really took root with A
Wild Sheep Chase:
Interestingly, Murakami calls A Wild Sheep Chase the beginning of his style but also apparently took
inspiration from ‘rival’ author Ryu Murakami’s Coin Locker Babies. (
My quiz result!
ReplyDeleteYou got: Foxy Older Mentor Living In A Decrepit Country Inn
You’re Hoshino, or Miu, or Colorless Tsukuru’s older suitor. The world (like Murakami’s novels) seem cluttered with love-lorn twentysomethings wondering if they’ll die alone. You’ll lived and seen enough to remind them that things will work out, that life is long. You’re patient with more inexperienced and neurotic people, who are drawn to your wisdom and unflappability.
Hmm...
ReplyDeleteYou got: Spunky Tomboy
“Don’t feel sorry for yourself — only assholes do that,” you say when your friends mope too much. Like Midori and Sumire, you’re charismatic and defiant. You don’t mind if your favorite people happen to be bookish loners who rely on you to plan every party, so long as they’re willing to let you into their apartments on a rainy weekday night and hear out your troubles.