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Men Without Women
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- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 05-09-17
- Language: English
- Publisher: Random House Audio
- Whispersync for Voice-ready
Regular price: $24.50
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4 out of 5 stars
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Reassuring in its bare-boned humanity
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Publisher's Summary
A dazzling new collection of short stories - the first major new work of fiction from the beloved, internationally acclaimed Haruki Murakami since his best-selling Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.
Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways, find themselves alone. Here are vanishing cats and smoky bars, lonely hearts and mysterious women, baseball and the Beatles, woven together to tell stories that speak to us all.
Marked by the same wry humor that has defined his entire body of work, in this collection Murakami has crafted another contemporary classic.
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Murakami Being Murakami
A man meets his wife's lover and finds out he likes the guy. A Tokyoite teaches himself to speak with a Kansai accent. A bug turns into Gregor Samsa. People disappear. Men and women remain enigmas to each other. Sadness. Loneliness. We're in Haruki's World. There's a familiarity to all these stories, and yet, they never fail to entertain.
Murakami doesn't top himself here, but neither does he show a loss of talent. If you liked his other short stories, you'll most likely enjoy these. The converse is also true.
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- Darwin8u
- 07-27-17
That's how we become Men Without Women
"That's what it is like to lose a woman. And at a certain time, losing one woman means losing all women. That's how we become Men Without Women."
-- Haruki Murakami, Men Without Women
This is a soft Murakami. A lot of his novels are dreamlike, but this one seems more like an emotional smell than a memory. There just isn't a lot to grab onto. It reminded me of petting a sea anemone flower at a local aquarium. I knew I was doing it. I was even thrilled a bit as I was doing it. It just didn't register in the way I predicted.
Anyway, the book is a series of short stories, I've included my ranking for each:
1. Drive My Car - ★★★★
2. Yesterday - ★★★
3. An Independent Organ - ★★
4. Scheherazade - ★★★★
5. Kino - ★★★★
6. Samsa in Love - ★★★
7. Men without Women - ★★★
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- sgonk
- 06-20-17
Not a place to start with Murakami
This collection was inconsistent. Some high points, some low points, but mainly in the middle. While Murakami's style comes through, I don't think this collection shows him off very well. I would think a person new to Murakami might think "what's the fuss?" after reading this.
Many of the main characters have strange but strongly held beliefs. That isn't unusual for Murakami characters, but most of them had little to offer otherwise, so some of the stories came off as just strange.
Of the stories, I thought "Kino" was the best.
Kirby Heyborne has a neutral, flat delivery; seemingly perfect for Murakami. The problem is that in the (rare) instances where the text called out for an emotional reading, Heyborne couldn't or didn't follow through.
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- Raleigh
- 07-31-17
modern male uncertainty and mystery and doubt
? does modern urban life seem uncertain, mysterious and almost "inhuman" at times
? would it help to read an author who can lovingly tease out these struggles
? if haruki murakami wins the nobel prize one day, would it surprise you
by its' title, murakami's wonderful book invites comparison to ernest hemingway
he tells us about a series solitary men struggling to understand and interact with women
each of the men finds this task slow, difficult, enigmatic and, at times, defeating
i suspect murakami believes men's true selves are ground down by modern life
their awkward attempts to reach out to women are really attempts to find themselves
murakami's tender insightful text lends an all-embracing nobility to these struggles
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- Robert
- 10-01-18
While I am a big fan of Haruki Murakami - - - - -
To me, stories have a beginning, middle, and an ending. I don't care if they are lengthy stories or short stories. To Mr. Murakami it seems a short story is simply a beginning, or maybe include a small amount of middle. His stories don't have an ending. Some of these were boring, others very intriguing, but none of them finished. I've tried a couple short story collections of his. Can't say I should continue to make that same mistake over and over.
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- Nasim Shamlou
- 09-27-18
the right book at the right time
loved these stories. nothing bad at all to say. it's like the universe conspired to have me listen to this book now.
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- Amazon Customer rose
- 07-03-18
boring
I'm sorry I tried to like it. I like endings to a story but I guess it makes you think about .....
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- Coffee Anon
- 01-07-18
not his best is an understatement
I like murakami, really love 1q84 and wind up bird. they are two of my favorite books all time. but this work is a serious flop. there are some interesting stories in it but overall it lacks subtlety and there's a feeling at the end that he tried to force cohesiveness into the series that was unnecessary, particular with the last piece which is by far the worst published story I've read from Murakami. I would read a couple of these stories again but some of them are just so dreadful that I had to give this 1 star, sorry haruki
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- Ali R. Koymen
- 12-08-17
great performance
i enjoyed listening it, great performance and read well. it goes very fast and enjoyable
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- Manjeet K
- 11-14-17
Take a fulfilling ride with curious characters.
Curiosity, in Murakami’s supremely enjoyable, philosophical and pitch-perfect collection of short stories is what motivates his characters. The mix of humor and melancholy in Murakami’s writing is extraordinary. The stories have been outstandingly translated by Philip Gabriel and Ted Goossen with fluent, colloquial grace. The stories mostly take place in Tokyo’s noodle shops and cheap bars. Yet despite the forlorn situations and the dreary settings, the best of these stories hold the excitement of a quest. Highly recommended. This is a quick read. “AUDIBLE 20 REVIEW SWEEPSTAKES ENTRY”
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