This is just a video meant as an opinion and discussion piece and is by no means intended to personally offend or hurt anyone's feelings. If you feel slighted by this video, I do apologize. I'm just a person that really loves books and loves discussing them.
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Books Discussed:
Norwegian Wood
1Q84
After Dark
The Elephant Vanishes
Sputnik Sweetheart
sources referenced and used to make this video:
https://finallyfeminism101.wordpress.com/2007/08/26/faq-what-is-the-“male-gaze”/
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2020/06/23/on-translationese/
https://medium.com/@Landofthedeadpoets/why-i-stopped-reading-haruki-murakamis-books-327dfe00de84
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-65259722
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/13/haruki-murakami-interview-colorless-tsukur-tazaki-and-his-years-of-pilgrimage
https://lithub.com/a-feminist-critique-of-murakami-novels-with-murakami-himself/
https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/01/06/10/reviews/010610.10zaleskt.html?0608bk
https://www.vulture.com/article/haruki-murakami-the-city-and-its-uncertain-walls-is-fan-fiction-book-review.html
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/23/haruki-murakami-my-books-have-been-criticised-so-much-over-the-years-i-dont-pay-much-attention
https://courses.lsa.umich.edu/english-344-001/2020/02/24/book-review-norwegian-wood-by-haruki-murakami/
https://slate.com/culture/2011/11/haruki-murakamis-1q84-reviewed-a-love-story-lurks-within-a-disaster-epic.html
https://windupbird.substack.com/p/traumatic-realism-norwegian-wood?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true
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