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  • Опубліковано 13 сер 2024
  • Some of my favorite weird lit/magical realism books I've read!
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  • @imahwardani1009
    @imahwardani1009 3 роки тому +22

    The only booktube i trust and i subs is kate. No one explained Murakami better than her!

  • @saDtekinA
    @saDtekinA 3 роки тому +15

    I still remember the day I finished reading Kafka on the shore.. I actually couldn't read any other book for next 3 days. A weird sort of murky hangover it was 😂.. yet I loved that feeling. Murakami's surreal world. 🖤

    • @feli435
      @feli435 3 роки тому +1

      Was the same for me. Murakami is just someone else... Kafka on the shore is an absolute masterpiece.

    • @ahmadfadlir5136
      @ahmadfadlir5136 3 роки тому +2

      post murakami depression is real, after reading kafka i cant read other books for 2 weeks, i tried, i just cant. other books(what i have) seem dull compare to murakami

    • @saDtekinA
      @saDtekinA 3 роки тому

      I know writing is one of the most creative forms of art. One needs to dive deep into the ocean of thoughts and imagination... but I really want to know how he manages to create such a world so slowly; the transition from real world to his surreal world is so smooth. I wish even in writing, there were "behind the scenes" sort of things 😂 just the way it is so common in filmmaking.. That could be the only way to understand how he creates such a world most of the times.😄

  • @ashwinglittus9637
    @ashwinglittus9637 3 роки тому +20

    My favourite magical realism books:
    ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (also my all-time favourite book 😅)
    MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN by Salman Rushdie
    THE WIND UP BIRD CHRONICLE by Haruki Murakami

    • @murakamireads
      @murakamireads  3 роки тому +3

      I really need to try one hundred years of solitude and retry midnights children I feel like they're such staples of the genre!

    • @andrewr311
      @andrewr311 3 роки тому

      That's why I figured she and I would have similar tastes; Murakami is also my favourite. Love Yoko Ogawa too

  • @apoetreadstowrite
    @apoetreadstowrite 2 місяці тому

    Ah yes, I'm on a big Murakami flow right now - very enjoyable.

  • @apoetreadstowrite
    @apoetreadstowrite 2 місяці тому

    This booktube looks a lark. Think I might give it ago. Thanks for the inspiration (& loved your take on magic realism/weird; this is a genre I also love).

  • @emmadebanville482
    @emmadebanville482 2 роки тому +7

    I mean obviously Japanese literature and murakami are iconic in magical realism but as a genre it is quintessentially a latin american genre, I think it's important to mention

  • @annakarlien1952
    @annakarlien1952 3 роки тому +3

    Ahh love to see Kafka in this list! I bought it cause it was one of the ones they had in the edition I like, but Ive only read Windup Bird, Wind Pinball, and Hard-Boiled Wonderland, and felt like I might have read the weirdest ones (bird and wonderland I mean then) except for a few I couldn't get my hands on as easily. Hearing you talk about Kafka makes me much more excited about it haha. Hoping for a lot of wells! 😂

  • @Thecatladybooknook_PennyD
    @Thecatladybooknook_PennyD 3 роки тому +2

    I loved Bunny and I'm Thinking of Ending Things so I can't wait to read more from this list.

  • @justinkhchen
    @justinkhchen 3 роки тому +1

    The Memory Police is sitting on my shelf staring at me, I can't wait to get into it!
    I love Murakami, but I need to start diving into his backlist (I started reading him from 1Q84 onwards)
    You really can't discuss I'm Thinking of Ending Things without spoiling it!

  • @AdrianasWonderland
    @AdrianasWonderland Рік тому

    That was literally something that I needed😊 I love magical realism, but also I like to call those book weird😂 this video gave me so many new great books😮 thank you❤

  • @joltofjulia1322
    @joltofjulia1322 3 роки тому

    Thank you for this video! This is exactly what I need to read. Weird-open ended stories are my favorite!

  • @MilenaReads
    @MilenaReads 3 роки тому

    I recently got a copy of Kafka on the Shore. I’ve never read anything by Murakami, but this book sounds so interesting. I really like that you made a whole video about these kind of books! 😊

  • @abhaythite1577
    @abhaythite1577 3 роки тому +9

    I might read vegetarian cause I am one

    • @pinkbookink8589
      @pinkbookink8589 3 роки тому +1

      That's the reason I picked it up originally and it didnt dissapoint!

    • @abhaythite1577
      @abhaythite1577 3 роки тому +1

      @@pinkbookink8589 thanks for telling but I might still give it a try☺️

    • @murakamireads
      @murakamireads  3 роки тому +2

      I used it in my Masters class alongside Coetzee to discuss vegetarianism :) it's fascinating

    • @abhaythite1577
      @abhaythite1577 3 роки тому +1

      @@murakamireads I hope it's a nice one

  • @abhishekthakur-xp4eg
    @abhishekthakur-xp4eg 3 роки тому

    I was just waiting for it. Thanks for making it.

  • @AnniesBookNook
    @AnniesBookNook 3 роки тому

    I LOVE Han Kang, especially Human Acts. I want to read Ghost Bride after that pitch haha

  • @bitski777
    @bitski777 3 роки тому

    I just subbed to your channel and magical realism is one of my fav genres so I’ll def be checking them out! Have you read the 7 deaths of Evelyn hardcastle? It’s a groundhogs day type of book where the main character has to solve a murder by the end of the night or the day starts over, each day the wake up as a different person, I feel like from this limited vid you’d probably like it. Other favs of mine are the unseen world (adult contemporary with some light sci fi realism), house of leaves (super popular so you’ve prob already read, horror/weird realism), and the Gone World which might be straight sci-fi, not sure, but its about preventing the end of the world through time travel with a murder mystery plot as well, one of my fav books of all time.

  • @MegaManChiefFan
    @MegaManChiefFan 3 роки тому +1

    Some of these books: *I sleep*
    Yoko Ogawa, Haruki Murakami, and Jeff Vandermeer: *ascended*

  • @imperialfrancinemarieb.5658
    @imperialfrancinemarieb.5658 3 роки тому

    Been waiting for this recommendation! THANK YOUUUUUU

  • @chiaramaggiore1463
    @chiaramaggiore1463 3 роки тому +1

    I adored Fever Dream, I read it in one sitting and was out of commission for the rest of the day, like it fried my brain in the best way

  • @kimwicks5540
    @kimwicks5540 3 роки тому

    I love magical realism/weird books sm I have to check those out

  • @helenadelapena8678
    @helenadelapena8678 3 роки тому +1

    have you read one hundred years of solitude? i think you’d like it a lot 🥺❤️

  • @avrydekazan6016
    @avrydekazan6016 3 роки тому

    Loved this video! I recently read like Water For chocolate which I'm pretty sure has some magical realism elements and absolutely adored it. The food description and how it merged with the story made me dream. I'm not sure you would like it however, and it has this annoying love at first sight and I forget all good sense for the man I love trope. I have been meaning to read the grey house by mariam petrosyan, I think it could be considered as wierd. Do you know of it?

  • @otherworldsthanthese
    @otherworldsthanthese 3 роки тому

    I loved I’m Thinking Of Ending Things, it was so bizarre but that’s the beauty of weird literature :)

  • @innerweakness
    @innerweakness 3 роки тому

    I just ordered The Vegetarian and a different book by Yoko Ogawa (The Housekeeper and the Professor) yesterday. Cannot wait for them to get here. And The Memory Police sounds so good, too. Will add that to my to-read list!
    When it comes to weired/magical realism, I cannot recommend Andrew Kaufman enough. My favourite of his is The Waterproof Bible. I hope you will check it out ^^

    • @shivanidahiya9686
      @shivanidahiya9686 3 роки тому

      i am currently reading the housekeeper and the professor and i'm loving it. it gives me them wholesome feels ^_^

    • @murakamireads
      @murakamireads  3 роки тому

      I still need to read the housekeeper and the professor! I've had it on my Kindle for YEARS and keep ignoring it lol

  • @jolantakruk9786
    @jolantakruk9786 3 роки тому +1

    Have you read Master and Margarita by Bulgakov?

    • @murakamireads
      @murakamireads  3 роки тому

      Yup read it for my Patreon last fall - didn't care for it unfortunately!

  • @courtneywells1494
    @courtneywells1494 3 роки тому

    I know you are not always a fan of short story collections, but I just found out that Samanta Schweblin has one that was translated to english in 2019 called Mouthful of Birds. I haven't read it yet, but it sounded just as weird and interesting as Fever Dream.

    • @murakamireads
      @murakamireads  3 роки тому +1

      I keep seeing it in bookstores and I'm so tempted - maybe after I get more into short stories I'll get it!

  • @meg_egg3872
    @meg_egg3872 3 роки тому

    I just finished reading temporary by hilary leichter. Super weird book but i really enjoyed it. Its worth checking out!

  • @mollyec3495
    @mollyec3495 3 роки тому

    I’m so late to this video but an amazing weird book that I read recently is COMEMADRE by Roque Larraquy

  • @fatheranthony4pope
    @fatheranthony4pope 2 роки тому

    The Posthumous memoir of Bras Cubas.
    Read this!

  • @timothylau9703
    @timothylau9703 3 роки тому

    As far as I can tell Kōbō Abe is dope