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Men Without Women

Written by: Haruki Murakami
Narrated by: Bruno Roubicek
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Publisher's Summary

Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways, find themselves alone. Here are vanishing cats and smoky bars, lonely hearts and mysterious women, baseball and the Beatles, woven together to tell stories that speak to us all.

Marked by the same wry humor that has defined his entire body of work, in this collection Murakami has crafted another contemporary classic.

©2014 Haruki Murakami (P)2017 W. F. Howes Ltd

Critic Reviews

"Such is the exquisite, gossamer construction of Murakami's writing that everything he chooses to describe trembles with symbolic possibility." ( Guardian on Norwegian Wood)
"Brilliantly combines elements of the surreal, film noir and existentialist enquiry." ( Sunday Times on Dance, Dance, Dance)

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Awesome Listen

Great collection of short stories. Story telling is an art and Murakami is a master of it. Each story will transport the listener to the world of the complex characters in it.

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deep thought s

i like the thoughts and incidents and stories. could get a bit monotonous so you can give it a break between chapters. i would recommend reading till the end.

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Very well narrated

My first Murakami book. Enjoyed thoroughly. Real depth in characters. I didn't like last two stories though.. But still felt good listening through out the book.

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Short stories that will make you think about life

My first Haruki Murakami book. Liked the set of short stories. Some of these will definitely be in your thought for some time. It will make you think about the not so common happenings of life.

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Beautiful story telling, strong verbal imagery

Tha last chapter that concluded has a lot deeper message that helped understanding the perspective of all stories. Some of the stories were simple. close ended. while a few others were open ended left on the readers imagining to conclude the fate of characters. I enjoyed listening to it..

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Awesome

loved it Thanks for the wonderful stories. I am a men without women and i feel it.

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Beautiful

I loved each story from this audiobook. Sensitive,honest and genuine. Also, very well narrated. My favourite is chapter 11 Samsa in love.

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Enthralling....Enchanting

the narration is ultra smooth....ordinary stories with extraordinary insight... a fine read by murakami..kudos to him

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Captivating but endings are left unfinished

Narration is good. The stories are captivating in the beginning but some of them are left unfinished. Maybe that is the way the author wanted it to be. Branding relationship between men and women in a certain way is the common thread in the stories.

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deep and all that but

it was ok ok. the thing with Haruki is, he boils the plot first on a very low flame, then in middle it gets a bit interesting, but again he slows it.
here though, I started on the wrong foot. I didn't read that it was a collection of stories, and kept expecting the stories to meet.
And some stories were absolutely bore. I have been lonely, I have been a man without woman, but still didn't relate too.

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