Haruki Murakami

Ep 191: Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey by Haruki Murakami

Discussion Notes: The Rabbit Matchmakers

This week’s story: Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey by Haruki Murakami 

Next week’s story: Chemical Bonds by Neema Avashia 

Rated: Clean

Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey” by Haruki Murakami, a story of talking monkey who works an honest job and pines for lost loves from afar. If you’re looking for meaning, listen to this podcast to relieve yourself of such a weighty burden! This story is light, charming, and a wonderful break from the heavy-hearted and forlorn.

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Ep 181: With The Beatles by Haruki Murakami

Discussion Notes: With The Beatles

This week’s story: With the Beatles by Haruki Murakami 

Next week’s story: Zero Meter Diving by Jim Shepard 

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Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “With the Beatles” by Haruki Murakami. This melancholy story is about a man who remembers two young women from his younger days. Our hosts grappled with the meaning but it eluded them.

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The Second Bakery Attack | Haruki Murakami | Literary Roadhouse Ep 154

Discussion Notes: The Second Bakery Attack

This week’s story: The Second Bakery Attack by Haruki Murakami

Next week’s story: Exquisite Corpse by Zadie Smith, Rebecca Curtis, Mohsin Hamid, R.L. Stine, Rivka Galchen, Nicholson Baker, Anthony Marra, David Baldacci, Elif Batuman, James Patterson, Hanya Yanagihara, Joshua Ferris, Ben Marcus, Jenny Offill, Adelle Waldman

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Gerald, Anais and Andy discuss “The Second Bakery Attack” by Haruki Murakami. This is easily one of our strangest episodes. The short story’s whimsy and playfulness infected our hosts and the conversation meanders from Wagner to the Looney Tunes animated short “What’s Opera, Doc?”

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