Word: loners
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...Wind-up Bird Chronicle, 1994 Critics regard this 600-page tome, penned over four years while Murakami was living in the U.S., as his best novel. It stars Murakami's signature jazz-listening loner, but is interwoven with the horrifying narrative of a soldier in World War II Manchuria - the author's first real foray into the dark realms of Japanese history...
...South of the Border, West of the Sun, 1992 Like Bergman and Oe, Murakami never tires of his archetypes - in this case the lovelorn, middle-aged male loner. In this tale of lost innocence, a jazz-club owner approaching his 40s reunites with his elusive childhood sweetheart...
...Born Killer I commend Kluger for a very articulate piece on an extremely important topic: how Cho became what he became [April 30]. Many people in the media dismissed him as a loner and a psychopath. While there is no doubt he was both, such an attitude is not only callous (to the innocent boy he once was, not to the monster he became), it is also very dangerous. Without a willingness to reflect nonjudgmentally on the causes of Cho's psychosis, and thereby learn to identify and treat individuals on a similar path, such horrific incidences will occur again...
...commend Kluger for a very articulatepiece on an extremely important topic. Many people in the media have dismissed him as a loner and a psychopath. While he was both, such an attitude is not only callous (to the innocent boy he once was, not to the monster he became), but it is also very dangerous. Without reflecting nonjudgmentally on the causes of Cho's psychosis and thereby learning to identify and treat individuals who might be on a similar path, such horrific incidences will occur again...
...surface, “Everything’s Gone Green” might be mistaken for “Garden State”: it’s a thought-provoking comedy starring a twenty-something loner with a weird family, stagnant career, and girlfriend troubles. Indeed, based on the premise alone it could be one of many such films, which seem to be a dime a dozen nowadays. But its creators hope it will stand out. “There are actually quite a lot of scripts like this that are flowing around,” says Steph Song...