Some people may say that those of you who read Murakami's novels are just pretending to work?
To pretend or not to pretend, I think it mainly depends on whether it resonates or not. In the period of confusion and transformation of Japanese society in the book Murakami, those post-war minds could not arouse any interest in the post-war generation who also lived in China, because Japan bowed its head and drank all its crimes after the war. As a defeated country, whether it is political or political The culture is subconsciously influenced by the victorious country, and it is also invisibly mourning in the depths of the soul. Coffee, jazz, fitness, pinball machines... just like a younger brother following in the footsteps of an older brother;
and post-war China, as a country that pretends to be victorious, is invisibly self-righteous in its soul, and those things that are turbulent are nothing more than Revolution, revolution... In addition to the military canteen, where can there be coffee, western food, not to mention jazz and pinball. Therefore, Murakami did not resonate with his contemporaries, the Chinese.
However, in the era when I was growing up, from the 1990s to the present, the mainland society changed drastically, and I grew up almost under various Western influences. From religious beliefs to aesthetic education, from dressing up to jazz, spiritual songs, western classical music to fast food and cola. We grew up in a strange "society gently blown by the western wind". And this breeze, later on, turned into a whirlwind, turned into a hurricane, and until today, has become a revolted and questioned wind. Many people have begun to call for traditional Chinese things to resist Western culture.
This is how I grew up, and there are subtle parallels to the Japan of the Murakami era.
So, reading Murakami's book, I also have a subtle resonance.
When I was 20 years old, I looked back on my TEENAGE and found that my youth was very similar to the protagonists of Murakami. Sensitive personality, sensitive to often inexplicable injuries. I can't say why, I can't remember all kinds of experiences scatteredly, and the emotional tone left behind is a touch of helplessness and loneliness. The eyes are always carefully exploring the things around them, dividing the world into long shots made of details like Murakami's shots. I thought about running away from home, but the result of my attempts was always to go home in a daze to "receive the reward". The flowering season has not yet bloomed, and the rainy season has already made myself messy in the wind...
When reading, I always imagine, imagine the scene in the book, imagine the tone, expression, and appearance of the characters. When the book is made into a movie, it may not be the same as what I imagined. At this time, strangeness may make you say "movies don't taste like novels". In fact, it is not the taste that you imagined. I tried to overcome this strangeness and relive the story with the director's lens.
When Naoko said the words "people should cycle between the ages of eighteen and nineteen", when Naoko was crying bitterly, the Naoko in front of him gradually coincided with the story in my heart, "It seems that someone pushed him. As I entered my twenties, I gradually understood that all my youth will eventually fade away, but it never disappears.
View more about Norwegian Wood reviews
