I've rented this book at the local library, i've read

>>7588615
Yukio Mishima, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Kenzaburō Ōe.

Law Codes of Hammurabi

>>7588615
at least stick with it till the loli lesbian sex scene

>>7588615
yeah it is just a love story, but i enjoyed it.

i think Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World is his best work. it's a cyberpunk/fantasy adventure.

man murakami writes the hell out of a love story, but his love stories aren't that traditional. just give it a chance dude, norwegian wood is damn good

mishima is a good japanese author. ogawa is good too

stop straying away from romance fagtron

Why do people always picks up this book as his first Murakami?

It's the one that doesn't have anything to do with any other of his books. OP, if you didn't wanted a love story, what made you choose this book?

>>7588615
Kawabata
Mishima
Akutagawa
And I'm going to read Yoshikawa's Musashi soon, I don't know if it's good yet.

my first murakami was south of the border

I enjoyed it a lot.

any recs for similar stories of his?

>>7588640
What

>>7588681
Noice, could you give more details?

>>7588702
Because i relate it to musical tastes, i love music then i've thought it was about music. But it turns out to be about a shitty love story it seems

>>7588675
what

>>7589437
if you enjoy serious literature, dont bother, its fucking terrible.

>>7589437
Exactly what he said
Loli lesbian sex scene

>>7589004
You mean the one where the main character is in his thirties, content but bored with his life, drinks whiskey, listens to jazz and gets involved with a mysterious woman?

Sorry, cant think of any other reccomendations like that.