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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Most human activities are predicated on the assumption that life goes on. If you take that premise away, what is there left?

August 31, 2016 by borisanne 3 Comments

I couldn’t tell you the last time I read Murakami, but I now remember that the last time I read him, I swore I would read all of his work, and I’m making that oath again. He is magnificently imaginative, terrifying, mystical, and believable all at once. He throws you into the deep end and patiently waits for you to swim or drown; he doesn’t care which happens. He moves the finish line just as you’re about to reach it, over and over again. You […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #food, CBR8, code, haruki murakami, jazz, lauren bacall, library, logic, math, mind, Murakami, the meaning of life, unicorns

borisanne's CBR8 Review No:34 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #food, CBR8, code, haruki murakami, jazz, lauren bacall, library, logic, math, mind, Murakami, the meaning of life, unicorns ·
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