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Pixel: San Francisco, CA
California, March 2014.
person of interest: Haruki Murakami
Sporadic and provocative, Haruki Murakami’s works are unlike any other, with his greatest tales residing in the murky territory between reality and fantasy. Bending genre lines, he develops surreal concepts while maintaining a steady grip on realism, focusing primarily on the themes of loneliness, alienation, self-searching, and loss. A deadpan narrative voice combined with an often bewildering plot make … Continue reading
The Millennium Trilogy
Goodreads rating: 5 stars, Top shelf At the age of 15, Stieg Larsson witnessed the gang-rape of a young woman, and did not intervene. The guilt of failing to act fueled the subject of his Millennium crime trilogy, focusing primarily on violence against women, as well as the incompetence of investigative journalists and the moral bankruptcy of … Continue reading
Player One: What Is to Become of Us?
Goodreads rating: 3 stars After reading Generation X for an English assignment, I was determined never to pick up another work by Douglas Coupland again. Yet I couldn’t resist the temptation to give the author one more shot to woo me, so I trekked through the drudgery that was Player One. The novel centers on five people … Continue reading
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