haruki murakami is interesting. i love his novels because he writes in full detail allowing us readers to actually form a clear picture of what he is trying to convey. i have to agree about his novels being vague though, but thats whats fun about it. you can read the novel several times and each time, you get a different interpretation of what it means. i have read after dark, sputnik sweetheart, norwegian wood, underground, after the quake and blind willow, sleeping woman.