Underground (Vintage International)

So it was pretty good, but a little depressing. The concept was excellent, because people tend to lump in the survivors into one category, but this allowed the readers to see the individual impact of the gas attack. The accounts from Eiji's family members were pretty heart wrenching. Although the main purpose of the author was to focus on the survivors, I personally found the interviews...more

So it was pretty good, but a little depressing. The concept was excellent, because people tend to lump in the survivors into one category, but this allowed the readers to see the individual impact of the gas attack. The accounts from Eiji's family members were pretty heart wrenching. Although the main purpose of the author was to focus on the survivors, I personally found the interviews with Aum members to be the most interesting. I would recommend doing some research into the Tokyo gas attack before reading this book because I felt a little lost.   hide

Một thảm kịch dưới lòng Tokyo.. cuốn sách là 1 minh chứng hùng hồn cho tài năng của Haruki Murakami. Đống thời đem lại cái nhìn sâu sắc hơn về con người Nhật Bản qua nhiều thế hệ. Điều gì là mặt trái của 1 xã hội được mệnh danh là an toàn bậc nhất hành tinh?

This isn't really a novel, but a collection of interviews of victims of terrorist attacks that occurred in the Tokyo Underground. As there is so little (literary) input from the author, I was a bit disappointed by it.

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