tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post7148324144027004028..comments2024-03-28T00:47:44.556+08:00Comments on The Reading Life: Two Edwardian Englishmen take on Haruki Murakami in a Paranormal Short Story MatchMel uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-90534952496237193922011-09-20T01:27:59.495+08:002011-09-20T01:27:59.495+08:00What an interesting post! I love Saki (and his cle...What an interesting post! I love Saki (and his cleverness) but I haven't read the Machen story - I've read *about* him but not any of his work. The story reminded me of the one about the angel appearing to soldiers in WWI - I wonder which came first? I think I read that the angel story wasn't around during the war, but I'm not at all sure about that.<br />Murakami is such a satisfying writer - I'm always trying to decide which of his translators I prefer, but I think his distinctive voice cames through so clearly whoever is mediating it.Jodie Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02442935205880334932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-59307839105883050372011-09-12T04:04:01.014+08:002011-09-12T04:04:01.014+08:00Am loving reading the comparisons. Both of the fir...Am loving reading the comparisons. Both of the first authors are ones I want to check out. I've read many Murakami stories and am reading The Elephant Vanishes collection now and so skipped that part of your post as I haven't gotten to that story yet. <br /><br />Love discovering new classic short story authors, especially those who write gothic/horror/scary stories.Carl V. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948764216438379394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-79670052133708314432011-09-10T08:30:56.360+08:002011-09-10T08:30:56.360+08:00Tom Conoboy-thanks so much for your visit and comm...Tom Conoboy-thanks so much for your visit and comment-I just book marked Sredni Vashtar by Saki based on your suggestion and will hopefully read it in a day or so-you might find it worth while to seek out "The Bowman"-it is jingoistic but still inspiring-I am a big Murakami fan and have read all of his novels but for two of them-Mel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-69056950722828609812011-09-10T08:19:43.666+08:002011-09-10T08:19:43.666+08:00Diane-I am glad we are both in The R I P challenge...Diane-I am glad we are both in The R I P challenge and as always I will look forward to reading your posts<br /><br />Kailana-thanks for your visit and comment-lots of Saki stories can be found online-maybe you can give him a try-I have reviews of several of the post famous ones posted here<br /><br />Buried in Print-I have read three or four of Alice Munro's short stories and posted on one of them-I would for sure want to read more and your project seems very much worth while-thanks so much for your comment and visitMel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-81329753092314579682011-09-10T06:22:19.056+08:002011-09-10T06:22:19.056+08:00You also join R.I.P how fun :)
I still haven'...You also join R.I.P how fun :)<br /><br />I still haven't read The Elephant Vanished yet.I will one day.Novrozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05410600219306917078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-44040496444396126302011-09-10T01:20:46.902+08:002011-09-10T01:20:46.902+08:00Great combination of stories.
I don't know mu...Great combination of stories.<br /><br />I don't know much about Machen, but I devoured Saki as a youngster. In fact, it took a long time to get him out of my own writing system - as a kid growing up in Thatcher's Britain I was writing these strange Edwardian pastiches full of ornate language. They work for Saki, they didn't work for me. I still think he's one of the best at that style of writing. Sredni Vashtar is a fantastic story.<br /><br />I like Murakami's short stories. They distil the strangeness that has tended to overwhelm his longer fiction ever since The Wind Up Bird Chronicle.<br /><br />If I had to choose from the three, I'd probably go for Saki because I just love that mannered, almost overwritten style. It creates a mood which is just perfect for the oddity of the plots.<br /><br />I'm looking forward to the publication in the UK of the new Murakami novel. I swore after the last one I wouldn't read another, but I can't resist.Tom Conoboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15453513605683030041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-48797456576284827332011-09-09T22:55:22.664+08:002011-09-09T22:55:22.664+08:00I haven't read any of Saki's stories, but ...I haven't read any of Saki's stories, but you've certainly piqued my interest. I'm currently obsessing about reading all of Alice Munro's stories, which sometimes have surprise endings, but usually a very quiet and unsettling sort of surprise.Buried In Printhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808249065026802365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-31250165773386988882011-09-09T22:41:39.953+08:002011-09-09T22:41:39.953+08:00This was a fun idea! I haven't read any of the...This was a fun idea! I haven't read any of the stories, but I still enjoyed reading about them. :)Kailanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11136262232046813471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-9012778814684317532011-09-09T18:43:06.847+08:002011-09-09T18:43:06.847+08:00Thanks for referring me to your Murakami ss. It so...Thanks for referring me to your Murakami ss. It sounds like one I'd like to read...so curious about what happened to the elephant...LOL<br /><br /><br />Hope u have fun with the RIP VI challenge. I like this one too.(Diane) Bibliophile By the Seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10519875632878992728noreply@blogger.com