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Killing Commendatore
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 28 hrs and 27 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Random House presents the audiobook edition of Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami, read by Kirby Heyborne.
The epic new novel from the internationally acclaimed and best-selling author of 1Q84.
In Killing Commendatore, a 30-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 strange 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 13-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.
Please note: new audio available as of November 2018.
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- Deepanshu Malhotra
- 09-04-22
Consciously Delusional WOW
Learned how to get Consciously Delusional. This book us recited from the artist's point if view.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Kavya Swamy
- 01-05-20
Fiction made believable
A novel that brings together strangers from different realms. Totally gripping and narrated well. It enhances the love for art and nature. It also explains the many unexplained crossroads that appear in one's life!
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- Aju Krishnan
- 19-05-21
A great tale and crisp narration
Murakami's works are always gripping without a question; so was this book. I finished the 700 or so pages over 3 months and hearing this audible book.
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- Kindle Customer
- 06-05-23
Deep and a tunnel from the hell to who knows where
Loved it. It's one book which I keep coming back to. As complex as our mind and we dig deep into it....ever tangled. An ending, ....like the hive mind....ever present. Amazing.
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- bhuwanchand
- 26-05-21
A journey inside an artist heart & mind
We may or may not understand the things fully, but we live with them anyways, sometime the mysteries of our life on this planet seems so ridiculously crazy, yet believing in things is far better than constantly struggling to find the reason with our limited abilities.
Another masterpiece of Murakami’s vivid imagination... guess I will end up reading all of his published work sooner rather than later...
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- Anonymous User
- 24-05-22
a grabbing Japanese tale
the story is quite grasping, taking several turns and keeping one at edge of their seats. it's beautifully written and narrated, through different ideas, human behavior etc. a must listen if you are looking to discover newer subjects
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- Sunil Azad Seauta
- 20-01-20
Another Good one
Overall a very good book. What bothered me was the likeness with Wind up bird Chronicle, and no character development. The story however, is nice with lots of beautiful moments and some really scary ones Gave me chills.
Awesome performance by audible. Makes book listing much better experience.
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- Shipra Singh
- 25-12-20
A very complex book.
The lives of several characters perfectly intertwined into one another. An absolute piece of art indeed!
While I was Reluctant to start a book that's this big I still went for it because it's Murakami. And I was not disappointed!
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- Maneeb Masood
- 20-08-21
Great, except the ending.
Beautiful work but I feel this work incomplete. It was a very rushed ending. It was going alright till the last few chapters leaving me unsatisfied. The story had so much to left in it. The narration is great.
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- Kale salad
- 26-03-19
Interesting but too Repetitive.
The book could have been way shorter without the excessive repeats.
E.g. every character that hears the name Mr Menahiki says ‘what an unusual name’ ‘that’s such an unusual name’ ‘Menshiki? What an unusual name’
Then there is the story...Nothing really happens in the story. No explanation as to what and how the events came to be. Way to many tangents that end nowhere.
Some very interesting concepts and ideas have been touched upon. But overall its a big Phfffff:-/
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