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I went to Yuzu in a dream as I wandered from town to town in northeastern Japan. I made love to her while she was asleep, stealing into her dream and impregnating her, so that nine months and a few days later she bore a child. I love this idea (although I hold it in secret). That child’s father is me as Idea, or perhaps me as Metaphor. Just as the
... See moreHaruki Murakami • Killing Commendatore: A novel
While going through her program, she played a recording of Janáček’s Sinfonietta conducted by George Szell.
Haruki Murakami • 1Q84 (Vintage International)
“Isak Dinesen’s Out of Africa.”
Haruki Murakami • 1Q84: Book 3 (2Q84 2)
Her love was of the lily variety;
Vladimir Nabokov • Laughter in the Dark (Vintage International)

—And who the fuck might you be? Hold up. This isn’t Osaka, and not every guy with a nice body and an icy gaze talks like he’s about to rip your head off. My prejudice had biased my imagination. On both sides.
Mieko Kawakami, Sam Bett, • Breasts and Eggs
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