Re-understanding Haruki Murakami

The sense of distance is my evaluation of Haruki Murakami's works in the past. It was not until I read Haruki Murakami Gourmet these days that I realized that I had overlooked too many details, and what he presented to readers was far more than that.

In my impression, most of Murakami's characters give people a sense of loneliness, which is different from loneliness. They are deliberately alienated from the world, easy to get along with, but not easy to talk to each other. The world in Murakami's works is alternating between reality and nothingness, which makes people fall into endless confusion and vague thoughts and endless exploration. Whiskey and jazz are always inseparable from his books. I don't understand either of them, or are they melancholy or elegant? I just feel far away from the truth and me.

but it turns out, even if it's not human fireworks, there is a full breath of life between the lines. Seriously speaking, food, music, running and drinking a cup are not ordinary life, but the way and choice, because the environment or personal preferences are different. Art comes from life, which is the bottom logic of writing, and deepens our understanding again.

In Haruki Murakami Gourmet, it is mentioned that only those who really know how to cook can describe the cold noodles, salmon, beef stew, fat granddaughter's sandwiches, Hawaiian hamburgers and even a little perfunctory cola cakes. So, Haruki Murakami is not only a writer, but also a gourmet.

Meet the fat granddaughter of the author of this book-Che Youchen

Brief introduction of Che Youchen: a food columnist, dedicated to creating "the most interesting kitchen in the world". At the same time, she also writes for the food column of the magazine. He has published Writing in the Fat Granddaughter's Kitchen, Experimental Kitchen for Diners, Youth in South America and so on. Of course, Che Chen Ye is a super iron fan of Haruki Murakami, which is also the origin of this book.

Funnily enough, I have read more than a dozen books by Murakami, and I know all his characters, such as Naoko, Green Son, Sheep Man, Me, Twins and so on. But in this book, I found that there are actually more than half of the protagonists I didn't know. "Fat granddaughter" is a stranger to me. But in Haruki Murakami Gourmet, I already know such a person, and also let me know the author's fat granddaughter, Che Yuchen.

It is not hard to imagine that the author should also be a person with a beautiful face and a little fat figure. She loves food, is good at cooking and lives carefully. Just like this, we can notice all kinds of delicious food from Murakami's books. This idolize girl, as a die-hard fan of Murakami, published this book of idolize's Experience as a support, Call Haruki Murakami, and succeeded in Amway for some people, including me who was a passerby fan. I am eager to reread Haruki Murakami and look for these delicious foods in the book.

Tell me about this book: One Book, Two Authors' Lives

Many people, like me, mistakenly thought that Haruki Murakami had published a new book at first sight, only to find that it was a book about Murakami written by someone who liked Murakami. But this does not prevent me from loving this book. The cover attracted me almost instantly. When I got the book, I couldn't put it down and read it with relish.

The book is the life of Murakami and the life of the author. Starting from Murakami's works, the author's personal attitude towards life is interspersed. It is enough to know from the title that the content must be written around Haruki Murakami, which I don't need to say more. Instead, I want to talk about the author's attitude towards life. She has her own principles. She likes the village and travels, but she doesn't follow the example of poor travel. She loves food, understands food, and is tolerant of other people's preferences. This has also changed my mind.

When I saw that Haruki Murakami didn't like China food, I felt sorry for him from the bottom of my heart. I couldn't understand it, and there was even an idea that Haruki Murakami was probably not a real gourmet. But later, I saw that the author said in the book about other people's criticism of British food, "Many times, it tastes bad, but it's just because it doesn't agree with your own taste." It is not unreasonable to think so. Everyone has his own likes, and we shouldn't take our likes to deny others' views on things. I can't deny that Murakami knows good food just because he doesn't like what I like.

For those who like Haruki Murakami, this is a book to understand Haruki Murakami in other people's eyes; For those who like food and are willing to cook, it can also be used as a cookbook. After sharing his thoughts and thoughts, the author also attached a recipe. I wonder if it is expected to enter the door of gourmets if you follow it.