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Buddy Mark Odegard told me he just finished 1Q84. \u00a0Me, too. \u00a0Last night, in fact. \u00a0This is a good, maybe a great novel. \u00a0Time will tell on the evaluation. \u00a0It has a good mix of magic realism, Kafka, contemporary product placements, love story and a peak inside Japanese society at this point in the new millennium.<\/p>\n
It affected me in a deep way, wondering about the nature of this reality and alternatives to it. \u00a0Wondering about the origin of religious beliefs. \u00a0Wondering if the Japanese appear as similar to us as they do in reading Murakami. \u00a01Q84 will have to set with me for a while, perhaps a long while.<\/p>\n
Also saw David Fincher’s Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. \u00a0Long and beautiful, it recreates the mood and jarring character of Lisbeth, the mystery of Harriet Vanger and the investigative tenacity of Mikhail Bloomfield. \u00a0We were part of a small crowd of gray haired folk, a quartet of women in front of us who had one woman explaining the ending to her friends. \u00a0Over and over.<\/p>\n
We’ve also seen the Swedish version, a grittier piece with lower production values. \u00a0Naomi Rapace seemed to inhabit the angry side of Lisbeth better than Rooney Mara, though Mara exposed her gentle side.<\/p>\n
We’re off to Dancing Horses tonight, for something completely different. \u00a0The last night here with the Denver Olsons. \u00a0Tomorrow we pack up and return home.<\/p>\n
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