Another strange book from Murakami. Such a mix of things - traditional Japanese art crossed with opera; caves, pits and tunnels like some neolithic religious or birth ritual, a pursuit of a girl into what seems basically to be the Greek land of the dead with the River Styx and the boatman, underground plots to assassinate Nazi officers, impregnation through dreams - really a bit of everything.
The main character is a painter, and there are some great descriptions of the creative process behind his paintings.
As in his last book, you go the whole way round to end up back where you started - a separated couple getting back together.
A unique author.
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