Men Without Women

I’m a bit late with this one because it took me ages to finish the book, but this is what the film Drive My Car¹ is based on.

It’s a collection of short stories, two of which were used to make the film. I won’t go into a blow by blow account of each one but Murakami does have a knack for capturing melancholy and loneliness. These strange little tales are good but they blossomed into a film that I felt was greater than the sum of its parts.