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Rachel Ooi's avatar

I enjoyed this analysis and visualization! I wanted to see where my interest lies with his work, but I cannot even decide! But I tend to lean more towards magical realism, the setting does not matter much.

When I try to recall his settings, I realize I can only remember a few details, but more of how I felt. Maybe that's his skill—even his realistic settings felt dreamlike.

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David S. Wills's avatar

Even when writing realistically, he evokes the idea of another world just beyond ours. I think that's when he's at his best.

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Adam Leigh Pond's avatar

I’m very interested to read your book on Murakami! He’s one of my favourite writers (1Q84 being one of my favourite novels ever written!).

I actually read your book Scientologist! last year while I was writing an essay on William S. Burroughs for a module at University. It was brilliant, and the first time I really understood Korzybski’s influence on Burroughs!

So thank you for that! I’ll try and pick up your book on Murakami soon. all best wishes!

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David S. Wills's avatar

Glad you liked the Burroughs book. Was the university module on the Beats or did Burroughs just find his way onto a wider American literature course?

The Murakami one is very different but hopefully it proves worthwhile as well.

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Adam Leigh Pond's avatar

The module was actually on literary translation, but since Burroughs is a mild obsession of mine I managed to find away to write primarily about him - looking at the cut up method as it relates to literary translation.

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David S. Wills's avatar

Oh wow. That's an interesting one. I spoke with the Persian translator of his works and it was fascinating. Talk about a hard writer to get across for another language and culture!

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Nina Barufaldi's avatar

I'm not normally one to post one of my substacks in another's chat, but I came across yours on FB in the HM fan group and think we've got something else in common. https://writingwithnina.substack.com/p/im-totally-normal-and-fully-integrated?r=4fzj4

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