Curious encounters that bring certain people in our lives, people that may out of a sudden decide to get out of it, for one reason or another. How did this triangle came to be? Coincidences. Conveying complex ideas with simple words and metaphors is definitely a writing signature of Murakami (of course, not to leave out cats, wells and music, which appear here too). The plot is fairly simple, yet so complex in meaning. On the other hand the narrator loves Summer, but she doesn’t love him back the same way. Summer loves Miu, but she is not capable of love. It is a book with a straightforward beginning: expressing a triangle of unrequited love. He writes philosophical ideas, expressed with logical eloquence, appealing to pathos. Out of all the books I have read from him, this is among the most philosophical, yet logical and emotional one. Linking two sides, while allowing them to keep their essence: this is the major theme of Sputnik, another beautiful book by Murakami. A real story requires a kind of magical baptism to link the world in this side with the world on the other side.”
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