The Spectator, June 16th, 2007
AFTER DARK by Haruki Murakami Harvill Secker, £14.99, pp. 208, ISBN 9781846550478 . £11.99 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655
'Time moves in its own special way in the middle of the night, ' a bartender says in Haruki Murakami's eerie new novel.
And it's not just time that can seem out of joint during the witching hours, Murakami suggests. After Dark explores the ways in which the night can heighten our sense of isolation, and threaten our conception of reality.
It's also an engrossing story and an easy read, yet another example of the much-admired Japanese author's skill in couching cha...
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