Barn Burning
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In Haruki Murakami's short story Barn Burning, a young man becomes obsessed with a mysterious stranger who claims to burn barns as a hobby. This short story is part of the collection The Elephant Vanishes (1993).
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32 released booksHaruki Murakami Short Stories
Haruki Murakami Short Stories is a 32-book series with 32 released primary works first released in 1983 with contributions by Haruki Murakami.
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A year ago a friend and I saw BURNING (2018) in the cinema, and absolutely fell in love with it. Now that it's out on 4K, we decided to do a Burning Night where we rewatched the movie after reading the original short story (this one, barely 13 pages).
My friend has never really read anything for pleasure but he really enjoyed this. It really is a pretty great short story, with the adaptation being surprisingly faithful as well (as faithful as a 2 and a half hour movie can be to a 13-page short story).
Well worth reading!
