{"id":1938,"date":"2021-11-27T20:02:57","date_gmt":"2021-11-27T18:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readwithstefani.com\/?p=1938"},"modified":"2021-12-18T14:24:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T12:24:36","slug":"should-you-read-the-strange-library-by-haruki-murakami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readwithstefani.com\/mk\/should-you-read-the-strange-library-by-haruki-murakami\/","title":{"rendered":"Should You Read The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readwithstefani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/23267242._SY475_.jpg?resize=279%2C423&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1939\" width=\"279\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readwithstefani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/23267242._SY475_.jpg?w=313&amp;ssl=1 313w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readwithstefani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/23267242._SY475_.jpg?resize=198%2C300&amp;ssl=1 198w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readwithstefani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/23267242._SY475_.jpg?resize=8%2C12&amp;ssl=1 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><figcaption><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0385354304\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0385354304&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=readwithstefa-20&amp;linkId=7b891ea61cebde5abe7f65716ce1688c\">The Strange Library<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Strange Library is a relatively short story about a peculiar library in an undisclosed location. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A boy in search of reading material stumbles upon an old librarian who asks what book(s) he&#8217;s looking for. Upon proclaiming an interest in taxes in the Ottoman Empire (the first topic that comes to mind!), he promptly receives three huge volumes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His attempt to leave to get home in time for dinner, however, the librarian insists the books cannot be loaned out and can be read in the library&#8217;s reading room only. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reading room the boy is led to is unlike any other reading room he&#8217;s ever been to. I&#8217;ll leave it to you to discover the particulars of said room. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The story is written in Murakami&#8217;s recognizable style, in an eerie and mysterious tone that does not reveal all. It&#8217;s up to the reader to decide what to believe in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The audiobook is only 60 minutes long and available on Scribd. If you are a Murakami fan and have an hour, I recommend you check it out. However, if you haven&#8217;t read Murakami before, I do not recommend this as a starting point as it&#8217;s not his best work and there are better stories you can read such as <em>The Elephant Vanishes<\/em> collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have you read this book? What are your thoughts? <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Murakami&#8217;s typical eerie and mysterious tone, The Strange Library transports the reader to a library unlike other libraries. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[644,352,42,739],"class_list":["post-1938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-review","tag-audiobook","tag-book-review","tag-haruki-murakami","tag-the-strange-library"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readwithstefani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/260902576_607855283689575_2127759021458823475_n.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/readwithstefani.com\/mk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/readwithstefani.com\/mk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/readwithstefani.com\/mk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readwithstefani.com\/mk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readwithstefani.com\/mk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1938"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/readwithstefani.com\/mk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2373,"href":"https:\/\/readwithstefani.com\/mk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938\/revisions\/2373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readwithstefani.com\/mk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/readwithstefani.com\/mk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readwithstefani.com\/mk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readwithstefani.com\/mk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}