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| Translator | Jay Rubin |
| First Written | 2011 |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Origin | Japan |
| Publisher | Knopf |
| ISBN-10 | 0307593312 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0307593313 |
| My Copy | library hardback |
| First Read | February 10, 2012 |
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The Chekov's gun bit is a perfect example of how Murakami can explain what he's doing, and not diminish the experience of his magic trick one bit. It's really both astonishing that he pulls it off, and charming the way he talks you through it.
Noted on February 10, 2012
And each time he finished a sentence, there was a tiny but meaningful lump of silence left behind.
Quoted on February 10, 2012
It was not just that he had terrible style: he also gave the impression that he was deliberately desecrating the very idea of wearing clothes.
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"According to Chekov," Tamaru said, rising from his chair, "once a gun appears in a story, it has to be fired."
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I have never once been charged with a crime. That is to say, I have no police record. Now, this may be owing to some oversights on the part of the justice system, I don't deny that.
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He thought about her chest, its beautiful curves. The shape was so perfect it had almost no sexual meaning.
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How long had there been more than one moon? Tengo could not be sure. Perhaps there had been two moons for years now and he simply hadn't noticed. He had missed lots of things that way.
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