Essentially this seems to me to be lad lit (think Nick Hornby), perhaps given gravitas primarily because the protagonist, and the author, is Japanese. I really wasn’t sure what to expect from Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, not having read Murakami previously though I have read plenty of opinions about several of his earlier works, but I’m pretty sure this wasn’t quite it.
I didn’t find the writing particularly special though I found it more accessible and grounded than I was expecting. I thought the symbolism in the novel was fairly heavy handed and the dream slips didn’t always make sense to me. This feeling can be traced back to the brutal abandonment of his friends and to redefine himself Tsukuru must resolve the lingering hurts and resentments. nothing to offer to others…like an empty vessel”, and as such feels disconnected from other people and destined to be alone. Tsukuru views himself as having “…no personality, no defined color. Throughout Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, Murukami explores the themes of identity, friendship, alienation and mental health. Drifting through his life, engineer Tsukuru is now in his mid thirties, single and largely friendless, until he meets a woman who encourages him to confront his painful past.
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage is his highly anticipated newest title.Ĭolorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage is the story of a man who has never really recovered from being inexplicably exiled by a group of close friends he met in high school.
Haruki Murakami in a Japanese author best known in western culture for the 2011 success of his epic dystopian novel, 1Q84. Status: Read from August 21 to 22, 2014 - I own a copy Published: Harvill Secker: Random House August 2014 Title: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
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