Chami Rassekh’s Reviews > First Person Singular: Stories > Status Update

“Pop songs may, after all, be nothing but pop songs. And perhaps our lives are merely decorative, expendable items, a burst of fleeting color and nothing more.”

“Loving someone is like having a mental illness that’s not covered by health insurance.”

I really liked the first short story—it was the confusing weirdness that always draws me back to Murakami.