South of the Border, West of the Sun
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3.8
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Haruki Murakami
South of the Border, West of the Sun is the beguiling story of a past rekindled, and one of Haruki Murakami’s most touching novels.Hajime has arrived at middle age with a loving family and an enviable career, yet he feels incomplete. When a childhood friend, now a beautiful woman, shows up with a secret from which she is unable to escape, the fault lines of doubt in Hajime’s quotidian existence begin to give way. Rich, mysterious, and quietly dazzling, in South of the Border, West of the Sun the simple arc of one man’s life becomes the exquisite literary terrain of Murakami’s remarkable genius.
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Author
Haruki Murakami
Pages
224
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published Date
2010-08-11
ISBN
0307762742 9780307762740
Ratings
Google: 3.5
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"South of the Border, West of the Sun follows Hajime, from childhood and into adulthood. From young love and into his complicated adult relationships. <br/><br/>Hajime never forgot his childhood friend, his first crush, and the bond he shared with his classmate, Shimamoto. <br/>After losing touch with Shimamoto for over 20 years, he compared all of his relationships to Shimamoto and he fell short of happiness without her. <br/><br/>To me, Hajime's story felt like it was about chasing the impossible. His story displayed a lack of hopefulness and happiness. He made up such impossible standards for himself and was mostly an unhappy, depressed person.<br/><br/>When he had it all, he would simply mess it up by hurting the people that loved him. <br/> Nothing was ever enough, as is the case with most unhappy people. I guess life sometimes just simply seems mundane, and this book sort of captured that vibe."
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