Of all the unexpected things in contemporary literature, this is among the oddest: that kids have an inordinate appetite for very long, very tricky, very strange books about places that don’t exist.

Adam Gopnik (via prettybooks)

(Source: newyorker.com)

where cats with bent tails live: Norwegian Wood's US release today - Murakami helped writing screenplay

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Reminder: Norwegian Wood comes to US theaters today. Go for it, all you Americans out there.

Interesting side note: The Wall Street Journal put up an article on how Haruki Murakami helped writing the first drafts of Trần Anh Hùng’s screenplay for the film. Trần:

“I was…