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Men Without Women

By: Haruki Murakami
Narrated by: Bruno Roubicek
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Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways, find themselves alone. Here are vanishing cats and smoky bars, lonely hearts and mysterious women, baseball and the Beatles, woven together to tell stories that speak to us all.

Marked by the same wry humor that has defined his entire body of work, in this collection Murakami has crafted another contemporary classic.

©2014 Haruki Murakami (P)2017 W. F. Howes Ltd Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Short Stories Heartfelt Witty Mind-bending

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Critic reviews

"Such is the exquisite, gossamer construction of Murakami's writing that everything he chooses to describe trembles with symbolic possibility." ( Guardian on Norwegian Wood)
"Brilliantly combines elements of the surreal, film noir and existentialist enquiry." ( Sunday Times on Dance, Dance, Dance)
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My guy... I get it, translations are tough but...
How did you mispronounce Erika? You've really never heard that name before?
"EreEEka", and other names as well as places in HarUUUki Murakami's Men with Women are horrendously butchered by the narrator. It was funny to begin with, and annoying by the end.

As for the book, kind feels a lot more like the outdated sexism is the author's actual opinion than simply that of the characters. That pulled me out of taking the story as seriously as I could.

Get someone who knows the source language

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Great stories. I don’t think the narrator was right for this I’m sorry to say.

The narrator wasn’t great…

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I’m a big fan of Murakami and thought this collection of stories was really enjoyable. I listened to it walking to work and found myself completely absorbed, unwilling to turn it off. As I’ve said in previous reviews of his work, there is something I really love about Hurakami’s writing. I find it absorbing, almost hypnotic. I found myself drawn deep into every story. I liked that I had no expectations for the story, they all took me by surprise and ended somewhere I never expected, full of odd turns. My favourite story was Sansa In Love. This is such a funny, weird and brilliant story, it stopped me in my tracks and I couldn’t stop laughing. Pure genius. I have to say the title story is the weakest in the collection. I loved the premise but found it rambled a lot and didn’t work. Men Without Men is very good and I’d recommend it.

Absorbing

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Truly engaging stories, beautifully narrated. My first short-stories Audible and will be looking out for more.

Truly engaging stories, beautifully narrated

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the narration was really off putting, the women's speech was particularly difficult to listen to

Not my favourite

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there's something about the narrator that iabvery annoying, I try to imagine the Japanese characters but the pitch and accent from the narrator ruined the whole experience.

Bad narration

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As with most collections of short stories, some are better others, but overall the quality is really high. My personal favourite is the one about the bar owner. Very good narration too, pacing and intonation are spot on.

7 stories... 4 excellent, 3 merely good

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I found the Japanese context quite interesting but ultimately the stories were a bit monolithic and somewhat odd. There's also a sense of the stories ending abruptly, perhaps because the author had run out of steam on that idea. Not really an attention grabber, I was quite keen to get to the end of this audio book.

Culturally interesting, slightly offbeat stories

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I have listed to this collection many tines and continue to come back filled with excited anticipation.

The author is master and the narrator is fantastic.

Brilliant collection and fantastic narration.

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Made me feel sad and nostalgic, scared and admiring to all the women and men in the world.

Lovely stories about men without women.

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