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How is it possible to defeat not the authors but the functions of the author, the idea that behind each book there is someone who guarantees a truth in that world of ghosts and inventions by the mere fact of having invested in it his own truth, of having identified himself with that construction of words?

White snow and gray smoke...

Modern day misery porn liked by teenage-edgy-lowkey-attention-seeker-sad-kids. That's okay. But the story feels too repetitive. Yeah..yeah..there's..self-harm, rape, nightmarish childhood history. What's different? Where's depth? Waiting for something to click. Might finish it fast to read something good.
Bleh.

"When law and duty are one, united by religion, you never become fully conscious, fully aware of yourself. You are always a little less than an individual."

Paradise on my right, Hell on my left, And the Angel of Death behind...

Finally through the part covered in the 2021 movie. Though there are some notable differences.

And I saw the sparrows swiftly approach,
Bolder than the onrushing wolf.
They spread in the tree of my youth.
I heard the flock in my branches
And was caught on their beaks and claws!

"The whole universe sat there, open to the man who could make the right decisions"

‘No one can advise or help you - no one. There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depths of your heart; confess to yourself whether you would have to die if you were forbidden to write. This most of all: ask yourself in the most silent hour of your night: must I write? Dig into yourself for a deep answer.

“ Wild beasts of the desert do hunt there,
Waiting for the innocents to pass.
Oh-h-h, tempt not the gods of the desert,
Lest you seek a lonely epitaph...

“And the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land ”

Saving one last story for later.

The third story titled as "All God's Children Can Dance" was simply astounding! oh my god - indeed!
This is the Murakami I love. Alluring, dark, mystic.

Really....