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After Dark (Vintage International)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 895.635
EAN: 9780307278739
ISBN: 0307278735
Label: Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: April 29, 2008
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date: April 29, 2008
Studio: Vintage
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Editorial Review:
A sleek, gripping novel of encounters set in Tokyo during the spooky hours between midnight and dawn, by an internationally renowned literary phenomenon.Murakami's trademark humor, psychological insight, and grasp of spirit and morality are here distilled with an extraordinary, harmonious mastery. Combining the pyrotechnical genius that made Kafka on the Shore and The Wind-up Bird Chronicle international bestsellers, with a surprising infusion of heart, Murakami has produced one of his most enchanting fictions yet.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - First book I've read by this author
My dad recommended this to me, and the blurb of the book sounded interesting. Dad said I could possibly read it in one sitting, but with work, and life revolving around me, I find it impossible to do that these days. When I was younger, sure.
What I thought was kinda interesting/weird about After Dark, is that it reads very much like a film. The start of each chapter (a different time in the seven hours that the book is based in) sets up the location, and the people in it, and the surroundings. ... Read More
Rating:  - Mesmerizing
I think this is the most down-to-earth novel by Mr. Murakami that is published now but with a touch of his earliest novels. I admire his recent novels but I also love his previous ones. This one has that mysterious, voyeuristic, supernatural, surrealist feeling of his recent novels but somehow, the depth, the journey of people of his earlier ones. The story evolves in one moment after midnight. Just one night - and it's mesmerizing as always. The dialogs, the encounters, the mystery, seems natural and flowing ... Read More
Rating: - Superb.
Hardly anything happens in this slim novel, which is set entirely over one night in Tokyo. But the wisp of a plot is enough. I enjoyed this book primarily because of the dream-like atmosphere that Murakami creates. His spare style has an almost hallucinogenic effect. In lesser hands I might have been frustrated by some of the surrealism, but I floated serenely through Murakami's Tokyo night in one sitting. Excellent!
Rating:  - Strangers in the night: intriguing and unsettling, but highly inconclusive
Lost souls in Tokyo.
A girl whose sister decided to go to sleep and still hasn't woken up a few months later. She can't stand sleeping in the next room, so finds ways to stay out all night. Hangs out at Denny's.
A kid in a band who once had a crush on the sister; now intrigued by the girl in Denny's.
A former female wrestler, now manager of a "love hotel" -- where a Chinese prostitute gets beaten up by a frustrated businessman.
The businessman who doesn't ... Read More
Rating:  - Intriguing, but with too many loose ends.
First of all, let me say, that I have very much enjoyed the book. However,
just like many other readers I have a hard time explaining what the story is
all about. It has, certainly, very moody character, but leaves so many loose
ends, that it does make one wander if author wrote it as, perhaps, an exercise.
An exercise in a particular screen play like writing style, which would be
another sticky point for some, although quite attractive and appropriate, in
that it seem to help ... Read More
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