In defense of the food descriptions in Game of Thrones and Murakami’s books

Warning: mild spoilers for Game of Thrones and 1Q84. Question: are food descriptions necessary, or just dead weight in a book? After finishing Haruki Murakami’s latest, and reading a few book reviews of 1Q84, I’m reminded of complaints about the food descriptions in Game of Thrones. While on different ends of the literary spectrum, both... Continue Reading →

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