--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: It's little strange, perhaps, to make…" description: "\"“It's little strange, perhaps, to make this claim at such a late date, but Gatsby really is an outstanding novel. I never get tired of it, no matter ho..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d5/haruki-murakami-21_books_it-s-little-strange-perhaps-to-make-this_2200410.jpg" --- # It's little strange, perhaps, to make this claim at such a… ![“It's little strange, perhaps, to make this claim at such a late date, but Gatsby really is an outstanding novel. I never get tired of it, no matter how many times I read it. It's the kind of a novel that nourishes you as you read, and every time I do, I'm struck by something new, and experience a…” quote by Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d5/haruki-murakami-21_books_it-s-little-strange-perhaps-to-make-this_2200410.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d5/haruki-murakami-21_books_it-s-little-strange-perhaps-to-make-this_2200410.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d5/haruki-murakami-21_books_it-s-little-strange-perhaps-to-make-this_2200410.jpg) > ““It's little strange, perhaps, to make this claim at such a late date, but Gatsby really is an outstanding novel. I never get tired of it, no matter how many times I read it. It's the kind of a novel that nourishes you as you read, and every time I do, I'm struck by something new, and experience a fresh reaction to it. I find it how such a young writer, only twenty-nine at the time could grasp--so insightfully, so equitably, and so warmly--the realities of life. 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