After Dark (Vintage International)

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After Dark (Vintage International)

Editorial Review

A sleek, gripping novel of encounters set in Tokyo during the spooky hours between midnight and dawn, by an internationally renowned literary phenomenon.
Murakami's trademark humor, psychological insight, and grasp of spirit and morality are here distilled with an extraordinary, harmonious mastery. Combining the pyrotechnical genius that made Kafka on the Shore and The Wind-up Bird Chronicle international bestsellers, with a surprising infusion of heart, Murakami has produced one of his most enchanting fictions yet.

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
• Five Spot After Dark
  "After Dark" was first published in Japan in 2004, and was translated into English by Jay Rubin in 2008.
  The book opens up in an `amusement district'- an area dedicated to gaming centres, karaoke clubs and bars. It's approaching midnight and - while plenty of others are enjoying themselves loudly - Mari Asai is sitting alone in a Denny's Restaurant. She's apparently missed the last train home - almost deliberately, by the looks of things - although she still occasionally glances towards her watch. She... more info
• Japan after dark--sexual, violent and urgent
  I have a love/hate relationship with Japanese authors. Like many that I have read before, Murakami is very visual and incorporates the sense of helpless- and hopelessness that both intrigues and unnerves me. I enjoyed the slow courtship that the main character unwittingly steps into. The imagery of a big Japanese city that gives itself over to desolate darkness is appealing. I want to wander those streets, but with a knife, as it seems no place for the faint of heart. Some sections were hard for me to... more info
• First book I've read by this author
  My dad recommended this to me, and the blurb of the book sounded interesting. Dad said I could possibly read it in one sitting, but with work, and life revolving around me, I find it impossible to do that these days. When I was younger, sure.
  What I thought was kinda interesting/weird about After Dark, is that it reads very much like a film. The start of each chapter (a different time in the seven hours that the book is based in) sets up the location, and the people in it, and the surroundings. Very... more info
• Mesmerizing
  I think this is the most down-to-earth novel by Mr. Murakami that is published now but with a touch of his earliest novels. I admire his recent novels but I also love his previous ones. This one has that mysterious, voyeuristic, supernatural, surrealist feeling of his recent novels but somehow, the depth, the journey of people of his earlier ones. The story evolves in one moment after midnight. Just one night - and it's mesmerizing as always. The dialogs, the encounters, the mystery, seems natural and... more info

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