victongai: ‘Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage’ by Haruki Mura
victongai:‘Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage’ by Haruki MurakamiVicto NgaiBeing a long time Murakami fans, I was super excited when AD Kim from Boston Globe asked me to create the art for the “Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage” book review. In “Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage,” Haruki Murakami’s latest novel, he allows his hero to eavesdrop on one of life’s darkest possible tunes: the inner hum, the secret desire, for death. As the book opens, the “colorless” Tsukuru Tasaki has fallen into a terrible depression. Tsukuru’s four closest friends, who are nicknamed by colors, abruptly and unequivocally cut him off. All he can think about is dying. Tsukuru escapes the void, just barely, and emerges a new person, the person we follow through the rest of this book. Murakami elegantly describes how emotional trauma can lead us to disassociate. Read the book review here.Big thanks to AD Kim Vu. This is actually my first time working with the Boston Globe, what a great way to start! -- source link
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