I have read it last year and I enjoyed it. The book is about the terror attack that took place on March 1995 by the Aum - Shinrikyo members which released Sarin in the Tokyo subway trains, killing and seriously injuring. Some estimates claim as many as 5,000 people were injured by the Sarin attack.
Well the story is sad and terrified, but the book is well written, Murakami succeeded, in my opinion, to catch the story of both the victims and the cult of Shoko Asahara.
When I have started the book I automatically thought that Murakami will describe the story mostly from the victims eyes, but he chose in a manner that will represent the story from the whole, I mean as close to the people that were involve with it.
So in a few words I really recommend on this book and if you are a student of Japanese culture I think it will be very interesting for you, because Murakami writes a lot on the aspects of Japanese culture and disscuss on their ways of dealing with such a terror by Japanese in Japan.
Well the story is sad and terrified, but the book is well written, Murakami succeeded, in my opinion, to catch the story of both the victims and the cult of Shoko Asahara.
When I have started the book I automatically thought that Murakami will describe the story mostly from the victims eyes, but he chose in a manner that will represent the story from the whole, I mean as close to the people that were involve with it.
So in a few words I really recommend on this book and if you are a student of Japanese culture I think it will be very interesting for you, because Murakami writes a lot on the aspects of Japanese culture and disscuss on their ways of dealing with such a terror by Japanese in Japan.
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