As Hear the Wind Sing is the first book published by Haruki Murakami, it’s also my first read of his works. It’s a short one day read, light and very easy language. It’s not the language which inspired me when I read this book, it’s the simplicity which Murakami uses in his writing. Not at all complex. A serious stress reliever and philosophical. Hear the Wind Sing has a nameless narrator, quirky realistic characters, off-the-wall dialogue, lots of beer and cigarettes, some music and some literature. His characters are the last people one would expect to break into an emotional monologue. And yet Murakami brings out the sense of sadness and loneliness that lurks beneath the nonchalant exterior very well. Where this sadness emanates from, they […]