Murakami and Death. Analysis of the style, form, and philosophy in "Norwegian Wood" and "Firefly"

Haruki Murakami's The Norwegian Forest is much about death and pain. Nevertheless, the book leaves you with a sense of the transience and beauty of the moment. Talk about Murakami's style, ideas and characters. It's not so Japanese that you can't understand anything, but a couple of concepts from Japanese philosophy and culture are useful to learn.
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00:00 - 00:44 - What's the conversation about?
00:44 - 02:00 - Simple Style
02:00 - 03:13 - Flat characters
03:13 - 05:08 - How Norwegian Forest talks about death
05:08 - 07:40 - Space in Nowhere and People Going Nowhere
07:40 - 08:30 - The Sad Beauty of Things, Japaneseness
08:30 - 09:26 - Yasujiro Ozu, good weather, right?
09:26 - 10:40 - The Feeling of a Sketch
10:40 - 13:43 - Have a nice day, everyone :)
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I'm Mai, a writer and author of comics. I'm currently studying for my master's degree in Austria, writing a short story collection, learning German and living in a student flat in Vienna. I'm happy to share my steps and discoveries.
I paint with the wind, breathe with the wind, write with the wind. This is what I inhale and what fills my blood.