Short Story Review: A Slow Boat to China by Haruki Murakami
on Sheila Ash (India), 31/Jul/2022 13:37, 34 days ago
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A Slow Boat to ChinabyHaruki MurakamiMy rating:4 of 5 starsMurakami's first short story can be found in the collectionThe Elephant VanishesbyHaruki Murakamiand if you have access to Jstor athttps://www.jstor.org/stable/4384180The introspective narrator tells the reader the stories of his first encounters with Chinese - the teacher in the Chinese elementary school at the edge of the world", mistakes made on a first date with a Chinese co-worker, an encounter with a encyclopedia salesman.Written with some beautiful phrasing eg "The years '59 and '60 stand there like gawky twins in matching nerd suits." and "...the new me - five chickens and a smoke away from what I was...."View all my reviewsashramblings
