Killing Commendatore

Salih's entry into Murakami: on his 30th birthday in April 2018 he opened it in a bookstore and recognized his own wish to flee the city and paint, then finished it in three or four days. Tamir calls it a composite of Murakami's signature motifs (the well, the metaphysical passage) and an underrated book that critics panned.

Where it appears 1

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  the forbidden wonderland of murakamiEp 10 · with Salih Yayar

  Listen at 8:59Read it in the transcript

Connections

Written by

• Haruki Murakami

Related

• Menshiki

Referenced by

• If you have something menacing in your life, just imagine this is a small Commendatore sitting in the corner trying to threaten you, but actually it's not real. You see it, but you don't need to take it too seriously.Salih Yayar · Ep 10 · 11:32

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