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"Bird felt a surge of affection for the young man masquerading as a large woman. Would he succeed in turning up a pervert tonight and making him a pigeon? Maybe I should have found the courage to go with him myself."

-Oe, Kenzaburo. A Personal Matter (pg. 16)

fabulous. bird's one friend is the kind of white guy who moves to japan and dates a local girl who can't speak english and lord knows he can't speak japanese

"Now he was the baby's true enemy, the first enemy in its life, the worst" god this book is so depressing and i want to kill the narrator

damn a university of michigan grad school acceptance? in the 90s? he must have been super successful which adds to the tragedy of this whole thing

Ik ben op pagina 59. Weldra zal ik op 60 zijn, waarna, als ik het juist heb, ook 61 snel geklaard zal worden.

Bizarrooooo