Killing Commendatore
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In Killing Commendatore, a thirty-something portrait painter in Tokyo is abandoned by his wife and finds himself holed up in the mountain home of a famous artist, Tomohiko Amada. When he discovers a previously unseen painting in the attic, he unintentionally opens a circle of mysterious circumstances. To close it, he must complete a journey that involves a mysterious ringing bell, a two-foot-high physical manifestation of an Idea, a dapper businessman who lives across the valley, a precocious thirteen-year-old girl, a Nazi assassination attempt during World War II in Vienna, a pit in the woods behind the artist’s home, and an underworld haunted by Double Metaphors. A tour de force of love and loneliness, war and art—as well as a loving homage to The Great Gatsby—Killing Commendatore is a stunning work of imagination from one of our greatest writers.
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I liked a lot of parts of this book but I hate the way women are portrayed (in general in Murakamis booksbut especiallyin this one). The main character disgusts me a lot sometimes especially because he acts like he's selfaware to justify his creepy thoughts and fantasies. Small spoiler: He describes the breasts of 12 and 13 year old children multiple times and the author dedicated a whole page to a detailed rap scene (it was in a dream but still) I didn't hate the book but I wouldn't recommend it tbh.
Description
In Killing Commendatore, a thirty-something portrait painter in Tokyo is abandoned by his wife and finds himself holed up in the mountain home of a famous artist, Tomohiko Amada. When he discovers a previously unseen painting in the attic, he unintentionally opens a circle of mysterious circumstances. To close it, he must complete a journey that involves a mysterious ringing bell, a two-foot-high physical manifestation of an Idea, a dapper businessman who lives across the valley, a precocious thirteen-year-old girl, a Nazi assassination attempt during World War II in Vienna, a pit in the woods behind the artist’s home, and an underworld haunted by Double Metaphors. A tour de force of love and loneliness, war and art—as well as a loving homage to The Great Gatsby—Killing Commendatore is a stunning work of imagination from one of our greatest writers.
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I liked a lot of parts of this book but I hate the way women are portrayed (in general in Murakamis booksbut especiallyin this one). The main character disgusts me a lot sometimes especially because he acts like he's selfaware to justify his creepy thoughts and fantasies. Small spoiler: He describes the breasts of 12 and 13 year old children multiple times and the author dedicated a whole page to a detailed rap scene (it was in a dream but still) I didn't hate the book but I wouldn't recommend it tbh.