![]() ![]() Murakami is supposed to be very wise too. They are supposed to be very wise, even though the smartest thing they ever say is “Ho ho.” ![]() These creatures are called Little People. The very thought of Aomame’s situation will pain anyone stuck in the quicksand of “1Q84.” You, sucker, will wade through nearly 1,000 uneventful pages while discovering a Tokyo that has two moons and is controlled by creatures that emerge from the mouth of a dead goat. Aomame has the chance to read a book that is long and demanding but well worth the effort. To sustain her through this period of isolation she is given an apartment, groceries and the entirety of Marcel Proust’s “Remembrance of Things Past.”įor pity’s sake, if you have that kind of spare time, follow her lead. ![]() One of the many longueurs in Haruki Murakami’s stupefying new novel, “1Q84,” sends the book’s heroine, a slender assassin named Aomame, into hiding. ![]()
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