After the Quake

Even more bizarre than the previous book I read (After Dark). The atmosphere of the stories is as sterile as a hospital room, yet the oddities in each make them somewhat familiar, and they won't let you collapse into boredom because of the stark contrast of the humdrum routines and the outlandish happenings set into them. I can safely say that Murakami's style is something else, something you would be hard pressed to find in other author's books.