გიზიარებთ თანამედროვე იაპონური ლიტერატურის გამორჩეული ავტორის, Haruki Murakami-ს ნაწარმოებებს, რომლებიც ხასიათდება, როგორც „ადვილად ხელმისაწვდომი, თუმცა ღრმად კომპლექსური“.

მურაკამისეული ჯადოსნური, და ამავე დროს, შემაძრწუნებლად ჟრუანტელის მომგვრელი სამყარო ძალიან კარგად ჩანს რომანში Kafka on the Shore. ავტორის სიტყვები – “ბოლოს და ბოლოს შენი ცხოვრებაა და ისე მოიქეცი, როგორც ჩაფიქრებული გაქვს”- ნაწარმოებს მთავარ ფონად მიყვება.

Haruki Murakami ხაზს უსვამს ფაქტს, რომ შესაძლებელია უარი თქვა ბედის მოტანილ რეალობაზე და თავად შექმნა საკუთარი ბედისწერა. ასაკისა და მდგომარეობის მიუხედავად, კი ნებისმიერ დროს თავი დააღწიო საზოგადოების ჩარჩოებს და დაიწყო საკუთარი „მე“-ს ძიება.

შემდეგი წიგნი არის A Wild Sheep Chase, რომლის ყოველი სიტყვაც მკითხველს სასიამოვნო გაოცებას გვრის, ხოლო დასასრული კი აღაფრთოვანებს. ესაა წიგნი, რომელშიც ავტორი სრულ თავისუფლებას აძლევს მკითხველს, რომანი თავისი ინტერპრეტაციით დაასრულოს.

თავბრუდამხვევი და მართლაც მაგიური, თუმცა ერთი ამოსუნთქვით წასაკითხია Dance Dance Dance. Murakami სულ გიმეორებს „იცეკვე და არ გაჩერდე. იცეკვე, სანამ მუსიკა უკრავს. იცეკვე კარგად, რათა ყველამ შენ გიყუროს…“ ; თუ გსურს ქაოსი დაალაგო, ახსნა მოუძებნო მოვლენებს, იცეკვე!

წარმოიდგინე, იღვიძებ ნახევრად ცნობიერ სამყაროში, სადაც ყველაფერი შესაძლებელია – სიკვდილიც კი! თავბრუდამხვევი მოთხრობების კრებული The Elephant Vanishes დატვირთულია ყოველდღიურობის მაგიური სიურეალიზმით, რაც კიდევ ერთხელ წარმოაჩენს Murakami-ს განუმეორებლობას.

დაბოლოს, შეუძლებელია Haruki Murakami-ს შესახებ ისაუბრო, და არ ახსენო უმნიშნელოვანესი რომანი Killing Commendatore. ახლად განქორწინებული მხატვარი საცხოვრებლად გადადის მთებში, სადაც აღმოაჩენს წინა მფლობელის ნახატს სახელად „მოკალი მეთაური“. მალევე მხატვარი აღმოაჩენს, რომ აღნიშნული ნახატი მაგიურ საიდუმლოს ინახავს.

27 მარტამდე შეიძინეთ Haruki Murakami-ს წიგნები და ისარგებლეთ 20%-მდე ფასდაკლებით თითოეულ მათგანზე. აპლიკაციიდან პირველივე შენაძენზე კი საჩუქრად მიიღებთ 8-ლარიან ვაუჩერს.

Thomas More- Sir Thomas More , known by Catholics as Saint Thomas More since 1935, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist. He was an important councillor to Henry VIII of England and was Lord Chancellor from October 1529 to 16 May 1532. He is commemorated by the Church of England as a “Reformation martyr”. More coined the word “utopia” – a name he gave to the ideal and imaginary island nation, the political system of which he described in Utopia published

Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political, poet and cleric who became Dean of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin. He is remembered for works such as Gulliver’s Travels, A Modest Proposal, A Journal to Stella, Drapier’s Letters, The Battle of the Books, An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity, and A Tale of a Tub. Swift is probably the foremost prose satirist in the English language, and is less well known for his poetry.

Daniel Defoe born Daniel Foe, was an English trader, writer, journalist, and pamphleteer, who gained fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe. Defoe is notable for being one of the earliest proponents of the novel, as he helped to popularize the form in Britain and along with others such as Richardson, is among the founders of the English novel. A prolific and versatile writer, he wrote more than 500 books, pamphlets and journals on various topics.

Jane Austen was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature. Her realism and biting social commentary has gained her historical importance among scholars and critics.

Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English writer and social critic who is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period and the creator of some of the world’s most memorable fictional characters. During his lifetime Dickens’ works enjoyed unprecedented popularity and fame. Now his novels and short stories are popular too.

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson better known by the pseudonym Lewis Carroll was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, as well as the poems “The Hunting of the Snark” and “Jabberwocky”, all examples of the genre of literary nonsense. He is noted for his facility at word play, logic, and fantasy.enson

Robert Louis Stevenson – Scottish essayist, poet, and author of fiction and travel books, known especially for his novels of adventure. Stevenson’s characters often prefer unknown hazards to everyday life of the Victorian society. His most famous examinations of the split personality are THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE. and TREASURE ISLAND .Many of Stevenson’s stories are set in colorful locations, they have also horror and supernatural elements.

Charlotte Brontë was an English 19th century writer whose novel Jane Eyre is considered a classic of Western literature. Born on April 21, 1816, in Thornton, Yorkshire, England, Charlotte Brontë worked as a teacher and governess before collaborating on a book of poetry with her two sisters, Emily and Anne, who were writers as well. In 1847, Brontë published the semi-autobiographical novel Jane Eyre, which was a hit and would become a literary classic. Her other novels included Shirley andVillette. She died on March 31, 1855, in Haworth, Yorkshire, England.

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, generally considered a milestone in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels.

Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist .Kipling received the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature. Kipling is best known for his works of fiction, including The Jungle Book (a collection of stories which includes “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi”), Just So Stories , Kim , many short stories, including “The Man Who Would Be King” ; and his poems, his children’s books are enduring classics of children’s literature.

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie was a British crime writer of novels, short stories, and plays. She also wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but she is best remembered for her 66 detective novels and more than 15 short story collections (especially those featuring Hercule Poirot or Miss Jane Marple), and her successful West End plays.
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Christie is the best-selling novelist of all time. Her novels have sold roughly four billion copies.

Joanne “Jo” Rowling, better known as J. K. Rowling, is a British novelist, best known as the author of the Harry Potter fantasy series. The Potter books have gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, sold more than 400 million copies to become the best-selling book series in history and been the basis for a popular series of films.

Henry Graham Greene was an English author, playwright and literary critic. His works explore the ambivalent moral and political issues of the modern world. Greene was notable for his ability to combine serious literary acclaim with widespread popularity : Brighton Rock, The Power and the Glory, The Heart of the Matter and The End of the Affair, The Confidential Agent, The Third Man, The Quiet American, Our Man in Havana and The Human Factor.

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1. The very first Harry Potter book was published in 1998, the same year that the Battle of Hogwarts took place.
2. Harry, Ron and Hermione unite the three different Ollivander wand core  – That’s phoenix tail for Harry, unicorn hair for Hermione and dragon heartstring for Ron.

3. After Harry defeated Voldemort he lost the ability to speak Parse tongue Not that he had much of a cause to use it, but still, he lost the connection because it was linked to the shared bond Harry had with Voldemort.
4. We’ve actually all been saying ‘Voldemort’ wrong this whole time Yep – the’t’ at the end of Voldemort is actually apparently meant to be silent. The name comes from the French words meaning ‘flight of death’ so maybe try it out with a fancy accent next time you say ‘Voldemort’ out loud.
5. Origin of the Potter Name Harry’s oldest recorded descendent is a wizard named Linfred, who Muggles viewed as an eccentric old man who was always “pottering about in his garden with all his funny plants.” In reality he was inventing potions — like   Skele-gro and Pepperup Potion — but they nonetheless nicknamed him “the Potterer,” which over time became just Potter.
6. The Sacred Twenty-Eight In the Harry Potter books, any wizarding family that only married others with magical blood — meaning, no Muggles — were considered “pure bloods.” Those families, like the Malfoys and the Blacks, were often elitist snobs who looked down on mixed blood families and even came up with the slur “mud bloods” to express their distaste. In Rowling’s new story, it is revealed that the Potters were excluded from the definitive list of pure blood families known as the “Sacred Twenty-Eight.” We always knew there were other pure blood families out there aside from the ones mentioned in the books, but It’s interesting to learn that the exact number is 28, although it’s worth noting that some may have been deluded over the years.
7. The Tradition of the Invisibility Cloak The mysterious and powerful invisibility cloak that Harry so often used in his adventures was left to him by his late father, James Potter. Apparently it is a long-standing Potter family tradition to pass the cloak on to your children.
8. Harry’s Scar – The Boy-Who-Lived was marked with a lightning bolt shaped scar on his forehead. It’s unclear as to why it was shaped like a lightning bolt.One popular assumption is that the bolt is in-fact made of two sevens. As we know 7 is the most powerful magical number in the Potter verse. It’s considered to be a nod to that itself.

Read the books before you watch them!

The Great Gatsby

Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, follows Jay Gatsby, a man who orders his life around one desire: to be reunited with Daisy Buchanan, the love he lost five years earlier. Gatsby’s quest leads him from poverty to wealth, into the arms of his beloved, and eventually to death. Published in 1925,The Great Gatsbyis a classic piece of American fiction. It is a novel of triumph and tragedy, noted for the remarkable way Fitzgerald captured a cross-section of American society.

The girl on the train

A debut psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other people’s lives.Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She’s even started to feel like she knows them. “Jess and Jason,” she calls them. Their life—as she sees it—is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost. Compulsively readable, The Girl on the Train is an emotionally immersive, Hitchcockian thriller and an electrifying debut.

Mortdecai

Juggling some angry Russians, the British Mi5, his impossibly leggy wife and an international terrorist, debonair art dealer and part time rogue Charlie Mortdecai (Johnny Depp) must traverse the globe armed only with his good looks and special charm in a race to recover a stolen painting rumored to contain the code to a lost bank account filled with Nazi gold.

Leviathan

The latest drama from Andrey Zvyagintsev, the acclaimed director of The Return (Venice Film Festival Golden Lion winner and Golden Globe nominee). Kolya (Alexeï Serebriakov) lives in a small fishing town near the stunning Barents Sea in Northern Russia. He owns an auto-repair shop that stands right next to the house where he lives with his young wife Lilya (Elena Liadova) and his son Roma (Sergueï Pokhodaev) from a previous marriage.

The wolf of wall street

Martin Scorsese directs the story of New York stockbroker Jordan Belfort. From the American dream to corporate greed, Belfort goes from penny stocks and righteousness to IPOs and a life of corruption in the late 80s. Excess success and affluence in his early twenties as founder of the brokerage firm Stratton Oakmont warranted Belfort the title “The Wolf of Wall Street.”

Gone Girl

GONE GIRL – directed by David Fincher and based upon the global bestseller by Gillian Flynn – unearths the secrets at the heart of a modern marriage. On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) reports that his beautiful wife, Amy (Rosamund Pike), has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick’s portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble.

What if

WHAT IF is the story of medical school dropout Wallace (Daniel Radcliffe), who’s been repeatedly burned by bad relationships. So while everyone around him, including his roommate Allan (Adam Driver) seems to be finding the perfect partner (Mackenzie Davis), Wallace decides to put his love life on hold. It is then that he meets Chantry (Zoe Kazan) an animator who lives with her longtime boyfriend Ben (Rafe Spall). Wallace and Chantry form an instant connection, striking up a close friendship.

The boy in the striped pyjamas

Vera Farmiga, David Thewlis, and Asa Butterfield star in Little Voice writer/director Mark Herman’s adaptation of John Boyne’s novel concerning the forbidden friendship that between an eight-year-old German boy and a Jewish concentration camp prisoner in World War II-era Germany. The innocent son of a high-ranking Nazi commandant, Bruno has been largely shielded from the harsh realities of the war.

Wuthering Heights

Andrea Arnold’s Wuthering Heights is an excitingly fresh and distinct take on the classic novel by Emily Brontë. An epic love story that spans childhood well into the young adult years, the film follows Heathcliff, a boy taken in by a benevolent Yorkshire farmer, Earnshaw. Living in Earnshaw’s home, Heathcliff develops a passionate relationship with the farmer’s teenage daughter, Catherine, inspiring the envy and mistrust of his son, Hindley.

 Pride and prejudice

Jane Austen’s perennially popular story of the game of love among the British upper classes returns to the screen in this polished film adaptation. The Bennets (Brenda Blethyn and Donald Sutherland) are the parents of five daughters near the close of the 18th century. Comfortable within their means but well short of rich, Mr. and Mrs. Bennet are looking for suitable husbands for their girls, and they are encouraged to learn that an eligible young bachelor from a wealthy family, Charles Bingley (Simon Woods),

12 years of slave

Chiwetel Ejiofor stars as Solomon Northup, the New York State citizen who was kidnapped and made to work on a plantation in New Orleans in the 1800s. Steve McQueen (Hunger) directs from a script he co-wrote with John Ridley, based in part by Northup’s memoir.

“Astonishing and absorbing…from glam rock, minimalism and punk, to radical left-wing politics, music video, and a mass of other subjects that helped shape the ideas behind Bowie’s songs.” —Sunday Times (London)

The Man Who Sold the World by Peter Doggett—author of the critically acclaimed Beatles biography, You Never Give Me Your Money—is a song-by-song chronicle of the evolution of David Bowie. Focusing on the work and the life of one of the most groundbreaking figures in music and popular culture during the turbulent seventies, Bowie’s most productive and innovative period, The Man Who Sold the World is the book that serious rock music lovers have been waiting for. By exploring Bowie’s individual achievements and breakthroughs one-by-one, Doggett paints a fascinating portrait of the performer who paved the way for a host of fearless contemporary artists, from Radiohead to Lady Gaga.

The Sunday Times bestseller.

David Bowie was arguably the most influential artist of his time, reinventing himself again and again, transforming music, style and art for over five decades.

Thirty years on from his first hit single, ‘Space Oddity’. he remains the most influential rock star from the post-Woodstock generation – yet unlike Hendrix, the Beatles or even Prince, his life has never been the subject of a major biography. Strange Fascination chronicles Bowie’s career against the colourful backdrop of post-Beatles pop culture; of glam-era gender- bending. It’s a story of amazing creativity, of huge, showboating theatricality and of an almost pathological quest to remain relevant and at pop’s cutting edge. Strange Fascination is the most complete account of David Bowie and his impact on pop culture ever written.