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After Dark
After Dark
Author: Haruki Murakami
A short, sleek novel of encounters set in Tokyo during the witching hours between midnight and dawn, and every bit as gripping as Haruki Murakami’s masterworks The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and Kafka on the Shore. — At its center are two sisters—Eri, a fashion model slumbering her way into oblivion, and Mari, a young studen...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780307265838
ISBN-10: 0307265838
Publication Date: 5/8/2007
Pages: 208
Rating:
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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3.4 stars, based on 25 ratings
Publisher: Knopf
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 5
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althea avatar reviewed After Dark on + 774 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
A dreamlike book, written extremely visually, almost like a screenplay, and of an equivalent length. (short)

Taking place over the course of one night in Tokyo, it follows a young woman, Mari, who has decided to stay out all night. A young man, Tetsuya, sees her sitting in a coffeeshop and introduces himself, reminding her that he met her once, on a double-date with Mari's sister. From this chance encounter, Murakami draws out an enigmatic but insightful glimpse into the lives and dramas of Tokyo's late night denizens, from workers at love hotels and late-night offices to mobsters and others... intercut with scenes of Mari's beautiful model sister, asleep but seemingly drawn into a mysterious and sinister place.

Not, perhaps, a major work, but very well done.
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Helpful Score: 1
A strange tale. The chapters are all times on the clock. I believe it spans two days. We are like watchers peeping into the going-ons of mainly two sisters and their interactions with a few minor characters. Two very different sisters. I found it a little disturbing and a strange read.
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This a great book. I've read several of Murikami's books and enjoyed them all. He has a way of writing as if you are reading someones dream.


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