Lugemiseväljakutse 2020
7. Raamat, mille tegevus toimub ühe päeva jooksul
After Dark(2007)(191lk)
Autor: Haruki Murakami
Tutvustus
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 student soon led from solitary reading at an anonymous Denny’s toward people whose lives are radically alien to her own: a jazz trombonist who claims they’ve met before, a burly female “love hotel” manager and her maid staff, and a Chinese prostitute savagely brutalized by a businessman. These “night people” are haunted by secrets and needs that draw them together more powerfully than the differing circumstances that might keep them apart, and it soon becomes clear that Eri’s slumber—mysteriously tied to the businessman plagued by the mark of his crime—will either restore or annihilate her.
After Dark moves from mesmerizing drama to metaphysical speculation, interweaving time and space as well as memory and perspective into a seamless exploration of human agency—the interplay between self-expression and empathy, between the power of observation and the scope of compassion and love. Murakami’s trademark humor, psychological insight, and grasp of spirit and morality are here distilled with an extraordinary, harmonious mastery.
Kuna see raamat sobis selle punkti alla ja autor oli ka varasemast tuttav, siis niimoodi ta minuni jõudiski. Võin öelda, et taaskord Murakami oma tuntud headuses. Tema lood on midagi sellist, mida kaua aega ei unusta ja mis end vahest sulle uuesti meelde tulevad.
See lugu on üks neist ja ma ei kahetse selle raamatu lugemist. Loos oli miski, mis mind kaasa haaras ja ma ei suutnud lihtsalt enne lõpetada, kui väljas hakkas valgeks minema ja pärast terve tänane päev oli selline, nagu pohmell oleks olnud. Kas see on võimalik??
Igatahes mulle meeldis ja ma usun, et võtan sellel aastal veel mõne tema raamatu endale lugemisse. Ma ei suuda ise ka uskuda, et seda raamatut kella 3ni öösel lugesin. Miski pidi ikka mind ära võluma, et ma ei suutnud magama minna.
Kui keegi veel soovib seda lugu lugeda, siis laske aga käia. Ma usun, et te ei pea kahetsema. Muidugi sõltub kõik ka lugejast.
