sifuCJC reviewed The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami
A short kid's fable
3 stars
Whoops! This is a short story. I thought it was a book.
I love Murakami's style, but it's an adult style. It doesn't fit so well for a simple fable told by a child.
96 pages
English language
Published Dec. 1, 2022 by Knopf.
In a fantastical illustrated short novel, three people imprisoned in a nightmarish library plot their escape.
Orig: Fushigi na toshokan (Kodansha, 2005)
Art direction and design: Chip Kidd
Whoops! This is a short story. I thought it was a book.
I love Murakami's style, but it's an adult style. It doesn't fit so well for a simple fable told by a child.