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Killing Commendatore

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Killing Commendatore

By: Haruki Murakami
Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
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The epic new novel from the internationally acclaimed and best-selling author of 1Q84

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. Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Magical Realism
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Gripping and poignant as always, Murakami possesses the gift of speaking intimately and personally to us readers, to the point of recognising ourselves and our lived experiences. The voices are key to this quality.

Murakami at his best

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La subtilité de l’écriture et la mise en place d’un univers fantastique sans jamais verser dans la facilité. L’imagination est là simple et efficace. Je me suis senti emporté par cet univers parallèle.

Killing the comendatore

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I wasn't able to relate at all! I had higher expectations ... disappointed to say the least!

Boring

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