You have almost all the books of a writer
yet you don’t seem to start reading anywhere anytime soon. I have most of the
book written by Haruki Murakami yet I don’t find courage to read them, merely
because the hype around him and his work is surreal and unprecedented and I don’t
want to get disappointed. For someone like me Birthday Girl is the best book to
delve into Murakami world. This book is 42-page affair that fits in your palm with
bold printed letters and takes about 30 minutes of you time.
This short story was published to
celebrate Murakami’s 70th birthday. On a rainy Tokyo night, a
waitress is stuck in an old and famous Italian Restaurant working overtime instead
of it being he 20th birthday. An edifice is built around a mystique character
the restaurant owner as no one is actually aware of who or what is he, an oddly
different gentleman who is hard to satisfy. Due to sudden change of events waitress
is to deliver dinner to the restaurant owner and the conversation takes place. The
conversation between both of them is satisfying and really elating, as if you
are waiting for something magical to happen. Murakami’s book has subtle nuance
that makes them unique and he invest highly in his characters. There are occasions
when it seems you understood but you don’t, it has to be this way-typical
Murakami…
“No matter how far they go, people can
never be anything but themselves”.
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