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Paperback, 320 pages

Published May 18, 2015 by Muza.

ISBN:
978-83-287-0091-8
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3 stars (2 reviews)

A collection of stories by Haruki Murakami

11 editions

reviewed Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami

I have a love-hate relationship with Murakami's characters

3 stars

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Review of 'Men Without Women' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

I don't like Murakami's characters. I mean, if Murakami's characters were real people, I would probably hate them. But... Murakami is really good at writing interesting characters. They may not be likeable or all too believable but they do grab your attention. Men Without Women is filled to the brim with those characters.

Off the top of my head, these are the characters that I remember:

A plain look female chauffer who drives an actor around
An actor who is driven around and retells his story of his wife and her lovers before she passed away
A lackadaisical wanderer who lets his friend go on a date with his girlfriend
A middle-aged man who never stays attached to any woman until it happens and his heart breaks and then he literally starves himself to death
A man who every single person he has dated eventually killed themselves
A woman who …