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After Dark
Written by Haruki Murakami
Narrated by Janet Song
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
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.
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. Murakami's trademark humor, psychological insight, and grasp of spirit and morality are here distilled with an extraordinary, harmonious mastery.
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.
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. Murakami's trademark humor, psychological insight, and grasp of spirit and morality are here distilled with an extraordinary, harmonious mastery.
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Reviews for After Dark
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Afterr my first encounter with a Phillip Margolin, this is a real disappointment. The plot meanders. The characters are unrealistic and not believable. The ending seems as it was added as an afterthought. I hope I find future works to be more rewarding.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great narrator—she rocks the narrative style of M, although the pacing could be slightly better. Amazing story!
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Some interesting night scenes and night characters but overall boring and pretentious.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is another legal thriller from Margolin. I'm not sure why I haven't read more of his stuff - will have to fix that. This one was excellent.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I love his books, but out of all of them, this quiet novella is my favorite.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A great mystery/thriller that keeps you turning the pages, had a hard time taking a break. The story line is very well written, with a ending that will get you scratching your head.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Matthew Reynolds is one of the best criminal lawyers in America, and he hates the death penalty. His life's work is devoted to saving his clients from death by state. He loves Abigail Griffin and ends up defending her on a trumped up murder rap. The ending is quite surprising.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I don't particularly think much of this book. It's a nice and quick read and well worth your time. Reason I add it to my library is because I got struck by the cover of the particular (Dutch) edition I own. A quick check confirmed what I suspected, the illustrator drew Linda Ronstadt as she appears on "Hasten Down The Wind".
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I loved this book...I couldn't stop reading it...you know, one of those I stay up late to read even though I know I will regret it the next day!