Killing Commendatore: A novel
PEOPLE ARE POWERLESS BEFORE A STURDY, TOWERING WALL
Haruki Murakami • Killing Commendatore: A novel
Searching for Mariye at night with Menshiki, only a talsiman is found in the hole, from which the ladder had been removed.
I knew nothing about aerating wine, but it had a deep flavor. When your tongue first encountered it, then when you held it in your mouth, and finally when you drank it down, the flavor was different each time. It was like a mysterious woman whose beauty changes slightly depending on the angle and light. The wine left a pleasant aftertaste.
Haruki Murakami • Killing Commendatore: A novel
Knock it off you creepy old dude.
IT WILL INVOLVE ORDEAL AND SACRIFICE
Haruki Murakami • Killing Commendatore: A novel
Commendatore confirms Mariye is on the other side and offers a path for the artist to find her-a path of considerable sacrifice.
I was desperately clinging to a scrap of wood that had been swept away. In pitch-black darkness, not a single star, or the moon, visible in the sky. As long as I clung to that piece of wood I wouldn’t drown, but I had no clue where I was, where I was heading. It was a couple of months after I’d moved there that I discovered Tomohiko Amada’s paintin
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SOMETHING IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN
Haruki Murakami • Killing Commendatore: A novel
Mariye misses painting class. The painter calls Menshiki late to come help with something.
UNTIL DEATH SEPARATED US
Haruki Murakami • Killing Commendatore: A novel
Mariye comes over and the artist recounts his tale and his theory. They place the Commendatore and White Subaru paintings in the attic and observe the owl.
IT APPEARS THAT SEVERAL BLANKS NEED FILLING IN
Haruki Murakami • Killing Commendatore: A novel
Menshiki pulls the artist from the pit behind the shrine. Mariye is apparently back as well, unharmed.
YOU SHOULD HAVE JUST LEFT THAT PLACE ALONE
Haruki Murakami • Killing Commendatore: A novel
Mariye shows up unexpectedly asking after Menshiki. She heard thr bell on the way over, which is now missing from the studio.
Even if I knew for sure she was my child, that wouldn’t make me happy. The sense of loss would be all the more painful. And if I knew she wasn’t my child, that would, in a different sense, also deepen the sense of loss. Or maybe crush me. Either way there’s no happy result. Can you follow what I’m trying to say?” “I think so. At least in theory. Bu
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I like the concept of surrendering to instability.
I HAVE TO BE A BRAVE, SMART GIRL
Haruki Murakami • Killing Commendatore: A novel
Commendatore helps Mariye hide within Menshiki’s house.