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Underground
Underground | Haruki Murakami
Described as a work of "journalistic literature,"[1] Underground was originally published as a series of separate interviews Murakami conducted with 60 victims of the attacks and descriptions of how the attacks were carried out, along with his essay, "Blind Nightmare: Where Are We Japanese Going?" In 2000, an English translation was published which included interviews with 8 members of Aum.
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In 1995, five members of a religious cult unleashed poison gas on the Tokyo subway system. Murakami interviewed survivors and investigated it in depth.

The roses are blooming after the rain…

#Poison

#AutumnPlease

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Suet624 Have you read it? 12mo
Eggs @Suet624 yes! I found it to be well researched and interesting- a nice departure from his fiction 12mo
WildAlaskaBibliophile I was in Tokyo when this was going on, and we were evacuated from the subway due to an attack. Luckily the device failed to go off. 12mo
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rachelsbrittain
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Feeling pretty good about the reading I did this past month! Several really great 4 and 5 star reads. What more can you ask for?

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CatMS
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I am a fan of Haruki Murakami but this is the first non-fiction book of his I have read. I like that it is the story of the people directly impacted by the sarin attack.

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💛📚👍🏻 2y
Eggs Oh this was a great read👏🏻👏🏻 2y
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rachelsbrittain
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This was a really interesting look into an event I only recently began to learn about-- the Tokyo subway gas attack. The book focused on survivor / family experiences with a small additional portion from cult members. It's really comprehensive so it took me a while to get through but I did enjoy it.

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rachelsbrittain
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I usually take a few physical books (often way more than I'll ever conceivably get through) and my kindle. No particular genre, but I usually get more reading done so I always take my current reads and some other books at the top of my tbr. @ozma.of.oz #SundayFunday

Tagging my current travel read.

BookmarkTavern Ooo! Murakami is a great choice! Thanks for posting! 2y
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rachelsbrittain
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Got a pretty good chunk of this book read on my crackers of dawn 2.5 hour flight this morning. Finished up the interviews with survivors and now on to the extended portion interviewing cult members.

AmyG I love plane reading. No interruptions. Safe travels. 2y
JamieArc @AmyG I love plane reading too. I‘m headed to Maine later this month and I may be most excited about plane reading time 😂 @rachelsbrittain Pretty view 😍 2y
rachelsbrittain @AmyG @JamieArc I love plane reading! I always make so much more progress than I do otherwise. And it was my one consolation for having to wake up at 3:30 in the morning to make my flight 😂 2y
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rachelsbrittain
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Doing our respective favorite things: reading and being on neighborhood watch 😅

Tamra Somebody needs to monitor squirrels 2y
rachelsbrittain @Tamra also birds and neighbors and delivery trucks 😂 2y
ShelleyBooksie Adorable 2y
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sarahbarnes It‘s an important job and not everyone is qualified. 2y
rachelsbrittain @sarahbarnes its true; I'll let anyone walk by the house and occasionally even up to it. The standards are incredibly lax so she has her work cut out for her. 2y
Hooked_on_books Sweet baby! 🐶🧡 2y
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New cult book!

ShelleyBooksie Dog ♡♡♡♡ 2y
rachelsbrittain @ShelleyBooksie she is my chief book inspector 😄 2y
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Holliereads
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The hubs has Underground by Murakami on his reading list for college. I‘m so excited to read it along with him! This will be my first Murakami read. I‘ve heard so many things about this author!

CatMS I‘ve read many of Murakami‘s books and my favorite is still The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles. 1y
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GatheringBooks
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Finally, after ten thousand years and a pandemic, I@finally got my hands on it! Thank you, @Eggs for sending these gorgeous babies! 💕💕 glad to be back in Antioch!

Eggs Yay!!! Been a long time🥰🥳 3y
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BookishRedhead
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I didn't know much about the gas attacks before reading this and oh boy has it left me with a taste in my mouth.
These poor people and good on them for mot being mad at the Aum gang.

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#12booksof2020 #Day3 @Andrew65

I wasn‘t too crazy about Murakami‘s fiction, but this NF was impressive

Andrew65 Another I haven‘t read. 4y
Eggs I hope you read it someday😊 4y
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This is one of my 2020 highlights.

Murakami really takes his time to get to know the people he interviews, lets them talk, listens and captures their suffering, their fear and hopes. I often was close to crying because of all this misery.

The second part with the interviews of ex-Aum members was moving as well and deepens the reading experiance.

This book crawled under my skin. And it will stay there.

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Jari-chan
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Workout Reading for the #CYOReadathon 🤩

@Sace

Buechersuechtling Cool idea. 4y
Sace I wish I good workout and read. I'm sure my heart wishes I could too. 4y
Jari-chan @Sace Thanks 😄 4y
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BookishMe

Shizuko likes strawberry yoghurt, but unfortunately, most of her #nutrition is still squeezed in by tube through her nose.

#QuotsyMar20

While reading a collection of excerpts from Murakami's books, I got to know about the tagged book. It is a compilation of interviews following the Sarin attack in March 1995.

That quote describes a recovering survivor of the attack. Her recovery was believed to be 'miraculous"

#AuthorAMonth #nonfiction

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Finished this today. Murakami undertook this project about a year after sarin gas was released in Tokyo subway trains in 1995. He interviewed survivors and families of those who died from it; as well as former members of Aum, the cult who orchestrated the attack. The author ponders some philosophical and existential questions that need to be asked and discussed-regarding morality/extremism

#authoramonth2020
@Soubhiville

Soubhiville Logged, 18📚 5y
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In March 1995, a religious cult launched a deadly gas (sarin) attack at the Tokyo subway. Though only twelve people dead, but thousands were injured and many suffered serious after-effects. Murakami, ‘angry at the extensive coverage by the Japanese media that focused on the perpetrators of the attack‘, set out to write about his interviews with the victims and even a member of the cult.

#LetsTravelJuly #underground

Cathythoughts Stacked 5y
Heideschrampf What a great cover 5y
OriginalCyn620 👌🏻📚❤️ 5y
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masofia
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An intimate portrayal of the collective trauma from the Tokyo subway has attack. The ordinary citizens bound together by fate share their experiences. This is juxtaposed by Murakami‘s interviews with people affiliated with the perpetrators. What structural forces lead people who feel marginalized to commit horrible crimes? And what does it reveal about us that we also operate within that same structure? Definitely applies beyond Japan.

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callielafleur
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Mehso-so

This was occasionally really great, but occasionally a slog that got a bit repetitive. This isn't a straightforward narrative about the sarin gas attack, but is rather stories from people, taken from dozens of interviews Murakami conducted after the attack. "I get up at 5:30 to go to work, I take x train and switch at y station" and on and on. It made me miss the way Murakami weaves a story, and u would have preferred a more traditional narrative.

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MStew
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" Murakami interviews the victims to try and establish precisely what happened on the subway that day. He also interviews members and ex-members of the doomsdays cult responsible, in the hope that they might be able to explain the reason for the attack and how it was that their guru instilled such devotion in his followers"

I have wanted to read Haruki Murakami for some time now, and i found this gem! This sounds so interesting and tragic!

mutlee I haven‘t read this one, but I love Murakami! 6y
MStew @mutlee so many books i wanma read by him !! 6y
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Jamesmelvinmitchell
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Fascinating look at the sarin gas attack in the “underground “ subway system by a terrorist group. It is a fascinating look at how people dealt with the physical as well as the physiological effects of this attack.

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Nafiza
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I am always fascinated by differences in persectives and how a person's experience is affected by who that person is. This volume of interviews was particularly fascinating.

#nonfiction #harukimurakami

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suvata
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A little Murakami non-fiction about the gas attack in the Tokyo subway system on March 20, 1995.

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Alisnazzy
Underground | Haruki Murakami
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Confession: There are few things aside from my friends, family, and Listy that make me as happy as looking at my collection of Murakami's. They even got the coveted "on top of the bookcase" spot. I admit it will be a bit of a bummer day when this collection is complete & I can't add to it. #Shelfie #MurakamiCultMember

JanuarieTimewalker13 I still must read him!!! What book should I start with? 8y
JanuarieTimewalker13 Btw, that shelf is beautiful!! 8y
GlitteryOtters That is so lovely! 😍 8y
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Alisnazzy @JanuarieTimewalker13 I would recommend either Wind up bird chronicles or South of the Border, West of the Sun. ☺️ 8y
katedensen Gorgeous!! 8y
Spiderfelt Let's hope he lives a long, productive life. I imagine as long as he is running more books will he written. I just spotted an intriguing work in the literary criticism shelves of my library. Since I haven't read all of his works yet, I don't think I'm quite ready. Have you read 8y
Alisnazzy @Spiderfelt I have not, but it's on my TBR list now. Thanks! 8y
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CaroPi
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#photoadaynov16 #publishedinthe1990s #nonfiction will be my third book of #murakami. I know this was supposed to be for yesterday but didn't had the time to publish...

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Skyler
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Here's a compelling read for today's #setinasia theme. This book also holds a special place in my heart because I bought it for myself during my first year of teaching to celebrate my pink slip being rescinded. #somethingforsept #septphotochallenge

MrBook Great pic! 😊👍🏻 8y
Skyler @MrBook Thanks! 8y
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Skyler
Underground | Haruki Murakami

Here's a compelling read for today's #setinasia theme. This book also holds a special place in my heart because I bought it for myself during my first year of teaching to celebrate my pink slip being rescinded. #somethingforsept #septphotochallenge

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Alisnazzy
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For #Recommendsday :this collection of witness/victim accounts about the Tokyo Subway Gas Attacks. I knew nothing about these attacks and only picked up the book because I was interested in the notion of Murakami writing a non fiction book. A good insight, as well, into the Japanese way of life and mentality.

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