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| Dance, Dance, Dance | 
 enlarge | Author: Haruki Murakami
Publisher: Vintage
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 34579
Media: Paperback
Edition: New edition
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.1 x 1
ISBN: 0099448769
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780099448761
ASIN: 0099448769
Publication Date: February 7, 2002
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 Masterful and Magical August 4, 2008
A magical journey blending the fantastic and the realistic with more than a hint of film-noir. The mysterious rebirth of the Dolphin Hotel arouses the curiosity of the narrator and brings him to investigate. The simple start soon leads us into a world populated by rich and colourful characters and then the murders start.
Murukami's writing mines a rich vein of black humour and shows a contempt for the restrictons imposed by generic forms. His brilliant use of descriptive visual detail means he gives his characters a strong physical reality which is then distorted through surreal events and happenings. He writes about the development of relationships, teenage angst and death with a warmth and tenderness making this magical fable addictive and compelling.
 Dance Dance Dance - Murakami July 19, 2008
An unorthadox sequel to a wild sheep chase, dance dance dance is in my opinion one of Murakami's less life changing books. Its still a rip roaring read at times, but lacks some of the magic that we have been spoiled with in books like norwegian wood and of course, wind up bird.
As has been noted by other reviewers, its not essential that you have read wild sheep before reading this, but the appearance of familiar faces and places throughout the book do add an extra sprinkle of unexpected smiles.
I found the pace varying throughout, with some, traditionally dreamy sections that would take hours to absorb, with other faster paced parts that would keep me up turning the pages long past bed time. The unexpected and frankly bizzare twists and turns are no less than we should expect from Murakami, and the exotic and far flung locations thrown up in this book are a welcome change from the pedestrian places the author's wild adventures occasionally unfold.
Dance Dance Dance is one i would recommend for Murakami fans immediatley, but if you are new to this most amazing of writers, try Norwegian Wood, Kafka On The Shore or Wind Up Bird and fall in love with him first.
The best summation of Murakami's talents? April 3, 2008
`Dance Dance Dance' is probably the ideal place for any Murakami novice to start as it is a compelling summation of the author's singular moods and preoccupations. It combines some of the themes of grief, loss and memory of novels like `Norweigan Wood', but less oppressively so, and the surreal metaphysical mysteries of `The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle'. The blurb quotes a reviewer from the Observer claiming similarities to Raymond Chandler and Blade Runner but this seems to be lazy journalistic shorthand. In reality, Murakami might be better described as a mish-mash of David Lynch's metaphysical detective stories (particularly Twin Peaks, which this pre-dates slightly) and Bret Easton Ellis' numbing vision of contemporary pop and consumer culture. Moreover, there is something unmistakably Murakami about his writing that makes him a singular reading experience. This is a sad, funny and at times frightening novel, not to mention a real page-turner. Recommended.
 Rain Check March 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Having been increasingly disappointed by Murakami's more recent works (especially After Dark, a Murakami by numbers exercise and the reviews of the German translation of his 'Marathon' book aren't too promising either) I turned to one of the few early novels I hadn't read so far. Was the prequel 'A Wild Sheep Chase' extraordinary in subject matter, style and drama I am somewhat left deflated by 'Dance Dance Dance'. In contrast to other reviewers I believe it to be necessary to have read Sheep Chase to at least get some 'meaning' out of Dance. I have long since given up on a point in Murakami's books but this one comes across lost and warbling.
However, and this is what the 3 stars are for, it is, like all his books, a page turner. This will seem a contradiction to what was just said, and I really do not know how he does it, but his style is so smooth and likable that even when one ends up thinking 'so what for crying out loud?' one still wants to finish the book.
If you have never read Murakami, try Sheep Chase first, then the outstanding Hard- Boiled Wonderland, then Wind-up Bird. In my opinion that's all you ever have to read by this author, but those books will stay with you for a very long and happy time.
Joy, joy, joy February 2, 2008
I'd have to agree with a reviewer below - you fall in love with Murakami's writing as soon as you read it. Kafka was my first read too, and I think it's safe to say I'm going to buy the lot and try my very best to read them as slowly as possible...I'm not even sure there's a way to praise his writing. Just read it.
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