the end of the world and hard boiled wonderland

There is a Dreamreader, as well as other characters such as The Librarian, The Gatekeeper, The Colonel, and The Gatekeeper. Unicorns graze on the grass, and a river ripples through the woods.

Each person in the township has their own role to fill. resides in a walled town that at first glance sounds quite pretty. He has an amazing ability to tabulate figures, and his talent is much desired in the world of “infowars”, where data is of premium importance, and different factions are fighting one another to obtain it.Ĭharacter B. Via alternating chapters, we follow the lives of two unnamed protagonists (which I’ve noticed is a writing technique that Murakami has used in many of his early books).Ĭharacter A. Is this at all possible, or is it some weird dream or mind trauma? Have I lost you yet? Picture this, a parallel universe, another world that you live in, while simultaneously living in the “real” world. On this re-reading, I felt perhaps even more understanding and sadness for him. I have never forgotten the character of The Shadow, and always carried him around in a small filing cabinet in my mind, knowing I’d meet him again. Have you ever had a book that has always stuck in your mind, and which you just knew you would one day return to? No matter how many years later. And I couldn’t be any other self but myself.

After all, everything - this life I was losing - was me.

”Even if I had my life to live over again, I couldn’t imagine not doing things the same.

The end of the world and hard boiled wonderland