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"A world-class writer who takes big risks. . . . If Murakami is the voice of a generation then it is the generation of Thomas Pynchon and Don DeLillo." -"The Washington Post Book World"
"A Japanese Phillip K. Dick with a sense of humor . . . [Murakami belongs] in the topmost ranks of writers of international stature." -"Newsday"
"Loaded with . . . mystery, mysticism, sex and rock 'n' roll. . . . Fast-moving and funny. . . . The narrative voice . . . pulls like a diesel." -"Los Angeles Times Book Review"
"An entertaining mix of modern sci-fi, nail-biting suspense, and ancient myth . . . a sometimes funny, sometimes sinister mystery spoof . . . [that] also aims at contemporary human concerns." -"Chicago Tribune"
"The plot is addictive." -"Detroit Free Press"
"There are novelists who dare to imagine the future, but none is as scrupulously, amusingly up-to-the-minute as . . . Murakami." -"Newsday"
"[Dance, Dance, Dance] has the fascination of a wel
"A Japanese Phillip K. Dick with a sense of humor . . . [Murakami belongs] in the topmost ranks of writers of international stature." -"Newsday"
"Loaded with . . . mystery, mysticism, sex and rock 'n' roll. . . . Fast-moving and funny. . . . The narrative voice . . . pulls like a diesel." -"Los Angeles Times Book Review"
"An entertaining mix of modern sci-fi, nail-biting suspense, and ancient myth . . . a sometimes funny, sometimes sinister mystery spoof . . . [that] also aims at contemporary human concerns." -"Chicago Tribune"
"The plot is addictive." -"Detroit Free Press"
"There are novelists who dare to imagine the future, but none is as scrupulously, amusingly up-to-the-minute as . . . Murakami." -"Newsday"
"[Dance, Dance, Dance] has the fascination of a wel
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An assault on the senses, part murder mystery, part metaphysical speculation; a fable for our times as catchy as a rock song blasting from the window of a sports car.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
With 'Dance, Dance, Dance' Murakami has scored another major hit. Here we have a typical Murakami anti hero, a journalist who specialises in magazine articles of the most un-inspiring variety. He is fascinated by an old relationship and by the hotel in which this came to an end. he re-traces his steps back to the hotel which is no more and that has been replaced by a stylish and modern hotel. But something is not right. The resulting quest to find out the truth about his past lover, the hotel and the other characters he meets takes us into the usual Murakami world, part urban realism and part magical realism.
It say on the sleeve that Murakami most be one of the greatest novelists in the world - probably true this! A truly original talent.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've been aware of Murakami as a writer for a couple of years now, but it wasn't until last year that I finally bought a couple of his books (needless to say, very soon afterwards I bought the rest and devoured them one after the other). Dance Dance Dance is very much in the vein of Hard Boiled Wonderland & The End Of The World, and A Wild Sheep Chase (to which this book is a sequel, though it doesn't matter too much if you haven't read it) - in turns surreal, scary, funny, romantic and moving.
While it isn't my favourite story by this author - that would be a toss-up between Norwegian Wood and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - it does contain some utterly fantastic characters and typically unusual plotlines that keep you guessing even after you've reached the final page. If you've never read Murakami before, this perhaps isn't the best place to start, but it should on no account be missed.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The same narrator from 'A Wild Sheep Chase' is back drawn into a mystery.
The turn of phrase and the way the books sucks you in is its greatest strength. The idiosyncrasies of the protagonists and the quirkness of seemingly mundane life are brought to to the fore. At each turn another piece of the puzzle is revealed.
Like a favourite CD or DVD this is something that you find yourself looking at again...
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strange, hynotic and page turning
Having recently found Murakami, and being entranced by his writing, I am in the process of reading all of his books. Read more
Published 3 months ago by markr
undelivered
Unfortunately the book never arrived. The seller was very kind and apologetic though and gave me a full refund without me even having to ask.
Published 7 months ago by Lucy
Return to the Dolphin Hotel
I would probably have been more impressed by "Dance, Dance, Dance" if I hadn't read several books by Murakami before. Read more
Published 15 months ago by A. Lindholm
Butifyouneedus, we'rehere.
Haruki Murakami was born in Kyoto in 1949, and is one of Japan's most famous authors. He started writing at twenty-nine - the inspiration, apparently, appearing out of nowhere at a... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Craobh Rua
Great book
Once again another great book by Haruki Murakami. I recommend reading the Wild Sheep Chase before.
Published 19 months ago by HStar
So good they named it thrice
This was my favourite book for a long time.
Dance Dance Dance is effectively a fourth book in the trilogy of the rat by Murakami but as with the others it is also a... Read more
Dance Dance Dance is effectively a fourth book in the trilogy of the rat by Murakami but as with the others it is also a... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Josef K
Strange book
I enjoyed Dance, Dance, Dance, but I'm not sure it was the best introduction to Murakami. It certainly is Kafkaesque. Read more
Published on 9 Jan 2010 by Happy Harry
Very readable but nevertheless disappointing
This was my first Murakami novel and I came to it with certain expectations given the fact that he is a celebrated author and has been likened to Kafka, whose work I am more... Read more
Published on 29 Dec 2009 by razerbaijan
Camus as a child. Excellent.
I often find murakami compared to other writers but these are generally superficial at least in my opinion. Read more
Published on 1 Dec 2009 by Theodore Bear
Wonderful resonance of modern day Japan and a mystery!
Curiously every bookshop we visited in Japan with an English language book section has Murakami in English, not least because he is in the English as a foreign language resading... Read more
Published on 17 Jun 2009 by Mr. DAVID Geer
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