What can I say about this book and Haruki Murakami's writing that I haven't said before.. No writer can convey the feeling of depression and melancholy as delicately as Murakami does. His stories are enveloping, warm and hazy. His characters are muted, always toned down, beings that you may not pay attention to when you meet them but once you get to know them they leave an indelible trace.
Murakami's books are my comfort reads, when life gets too hard, one of his books always make my thoughts softer and my mind more organised. Murakami is pure magic.