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  by carouselambra

• Current

Type: fiction

Status: —

Author: Haruki Murakami

Description: "In South of the Border, West of the Sun, the arc of an average man's life from childhood"In South of the Border, West of the Sun, the arc of an average man's life from childhood to middle age, with its attendant rhythms of success and disappointment, becomes the kind of exquisite literary conundrum that is Haruki Murakami's trademark. The plot is simple: Hajime meets and falls in love with a girl in elementary school, but he loses touch with her when his family moves to another town. He drifts through high school, college, and his 20s, before marrying and settling into a career as a successful bar owner. Then his childhood sweetheart returns, weighed down with secrets:

When I went back into the bar, a glass and ashtray remained where she had been. A couple of lightly crushed cigarette butts were lined up in the ashtray, a faint trace of lipstick on each. I sat down and closed my eyes. Echoes of music faded away, leaving me alone. In that gentle darkness, the rain continued to fall without a sound."...

2008-04-20

  by sarahcpwilliams

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Type: fiction

Status: finished

Authors: Haruki Murakami Philip Gabriel

Tags: Spring2006

2007-01-01

  by karla

• Current

Type: fiction

Status: finished

Author: Haruki Murakami

2006-10-25

  by anoubis

• Current

Type: fiction

Status: liked

Authors: Haruki Murakami Philip Gabriel

Description: "In South of the Border, West of the Sun, the arc of an average man's life from childhood"In South of the Border, West of the Sun, the arc of an average man's life from childhood to middle age, with its attendant rhythms of success and disappointment, becomes the kind of exquisite literary conundrum that is Haruki Murakami's trademark. The plot is simple: Hajime meets and falls in love with a girl in elementary school, but he loses touch with her when his family moves to another town. He drifts through high school, college, and his 20s, before marrying and settling into a career as a successful bar owner. Then his childhood sweetheart returns, weighed down with secrets:

When I went back into the bar, a glass and ashtray remained where she had been. A couple of lightly crushed cigarette butts were lined up in the ashtray, a faint trace of lipstick on each. I sat down and closed my eyes. Echoes of music faded away, leaving me alone. In that gentle darkness, the rain continued to fall without a sound."...

2006-07-12

  by feanoro

• Current

Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Authors: Haruki Murakami Philip Gabriel

Tags: japanese

Description: "In South of the Border, West of the Sun, the arc of an average man's life from childhood"In South of the Border, West of the Sun, the arc of an average man's life from childhood to middle age, with its attendant rhythms of success and disappointment, becomes the kind of exquisite literary conundrum that is Haruki Murakami's trademark. The plot is simple: Hajime meets and falls in love with a girl in elementary school, but he loses touch with her when his family moves to another town. He drifts through high school, college, and his 20s, before marrying and settling into a career as a successful bar owner. Then his childhood sweetheart returns, weighed down with secrets:

When I went back into the bar, a glass and ashtray remained where she had been. A couple of lightly crushed cigarette butts were lined up in the ashtray, a faint trace of lipstick on each. I sat down and closed my eyes. Echoes of music faded away, leaving me alone. In that gentle darkness, the rain continued to fall without a sound."...

2006-07-11

  by fell

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Type: fiction

Status: finished

Author: Haruki Murakami

Description: "In South of the Border, West of the Sun, the arc of an average man's life from childhood"In South of the Border, West of the Sun, the arc of an average man's life from childhood to middle age, with its attendant rhythms of success and disappointment, becomes the kind of exquisite literary conundrum that is Haruki Murakami's trademark. The plot is simple: Hajime meets and falls in love with a girl in elementary school, but he loses touch with her when his family moves to another town. He drifts through high school, college, and his 20s, before marrying and settling into a career as a successful bar owner. Then his childhood sweetheart returns, weighed down with secrets:

When I went back into the bar, a glass and ashtray remained where she had been. A couple of lightly crushed cigarette butts were lined up in the ashtray, a faint trace of lipstick on each. I sat down and closed my eyes. Echoes of music faded away, leaving me alone. In that gentle darkness, the rain continued to fall without a sound."...

2006-04-06

  by terpsicore

• Current

Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Authors: Haruki Murakami Philip Gabriel

Tags: murakami surreal japanese

Description: "In South of the Border, West of the Sun, the arc of an average man's life from childhood"In South of the Border, West of the Sun, the arc of an average man's life from childhood to middle age, with its attendant rhythms of success and disappointment, becomes the kind of exquisite literary conundrum that is Haruki Murakami's trademark. The plot is simple: Hajime meets and falls in love with a girl in elementary school, but he loses touch with her when his family moves to another town. He drifts through high school, college, and his 20s, before marrying and settling into a career as a successful bar owner. Then his childhood sweetheart returns, weighed down with secrets:

When I went back into the bar, a glass and ashtray remained where she had been. A couple of lightly crushed cigarette butts were lined up in the ashtray, a faint trace of lipstick on each. I sat down and closed my eyes. Echoes of music faded away, leaving me alone. In that gentle darkness, the rain continued to fall without a sound."...

2006-03-27

  by x37llnoise

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Type: fiction

Status: to read

Author: Haruki Murakami

Description: Another Murakami love story. Overlooked and underappreciated; one of my favorites for its beautyAnother Murakami love story. Overlooked and underappreciated; one of my favorites for its beauty and understated nature....

2005-12-17

  by sudaki

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Type: fiction

Status: favorite

Author: Haruki Murakami

Tags: favorite in-translation

Description: Another Murakami love story. Overlooked and underappreciated; one of my favorites for its beautyAnother Murakami love story. Overlooked and underappreciated; one of my favorites for its beauty and understated nature....

2005-09-12

  by warmjelly

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Haruki Murakami

2005-09-03