Murakami Book Club - After Dark

Murakami Book Club

We read one book a month by iconic Japanese author and translator, Haruki Murakami. We are all free to read the books in Japanese or in a translation into any other language. We come together in this session to discuss the books.

This book club is fully online. Everyone is welcome to come along to as many or as few sessions as they like.

The discussion takes place in English.

This time, we are reading:

After Dark |『アフターダーク』

The midnight hour approaches in an almost-empty diner. Mari sips her coffee and reads a book, but soon her solitude is disturbed: a girl has been beaten up at the Alphaville hotel, and needs Mari's help.Meanwhile Mari's beautiful sister Eri lies in a deep, heavy sleep that is 'too perfect, too pure' to be normal; it has lasted for two months. But tonight as the digital clock displays 00:00, a hint of life flickers across the television screen in her room, even though its plug has been pulled out.

Strange nocturnal happenings, or a trick of the night?