Book Review #50 : After the Quake by Haruki Murakami and Jay Rubin (Translator)

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Murakami always has this kind of essence to make the stories more immersive rather than a decisive ending. This collection of short stories, “After the Quake”, I guess was the need of the decade for those people of Kobe, and their neighbors to cope up with extremities. Everything about all the six tales scripted by the author has something to deliver, something that either urges for a closure, or hopes for mending something exceptionally fictional to realities. 


I find all the narrations very different from each other and yet united by the seriousness of the earthquake that happened in 1995. 

The first one “UFO in Kushiro” will give a unapologetic vibe, “Landscape with Flatiron” will wrap you around the coziness of freedom, “All God’s Children can Dance” will certainly enlighten with some power above all, “Thailand” will offer a feeling of rejuvenation, “Super Frog saves Tokyo” will let you think about the dreams more often, and my favorite “Honey Pie” will hug you with a good ending, that this world needs. 


 Also, the details of all the backgrounds are very precise and evaluative. Murakami is not only a great storyteller, but he can also make you time travel to those stories and let you feel the same. 

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