Re: the aesthetics of ugliness was: antw. light summer reading

Kids reading (H.) Murakami.  The mind boggles.  Then
again, I read TCOL49 (along with [H.} Ellison, Lem and
[F.] Herbert) in 6th grade, so ...

--- cj hurtt <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> reading the great wind up bird chronicle for the
> third time right now.  when i worked in a book
> store, it was my favorite book to recomend to
> people.  that and catcher in the rye to parents who
> asked me what book their child would like.

But TWUPC and Hard-Boiled Wonderland ... are all I've
gotten to, though I do have a little Kodansha trans.
of Norwegian Wood that I keep intending to start in
on.  Question is, though, what would their parents
have to say about that?  Very good ...

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