Twenty two year old, Sumire is in love for the first time with a woman seventeen years her senior. But, whereas Miu is a glamorous and successful older woman with a taste for classical music and fine wine, Sumire is an aspiring writer who dresses in an oversized second hand coat and heavy boots like a character in a Jack Kerouac novel. Surprised that she might, after all, be a lesbian, Sumire spends hours on the phone talking to her best friend, K about the big questions in life: what is sexual desire and should she ever tell Miu how she feels about her? K, a primary school teacher, is used to answering questions, but what he most wants to say to Sumire is "I love you." He consoles himself by having an affair with the mother of one of his pupils. But, when a desperate Miu calls him out of the blue from a sunny Greek island and asks for his help, he soon discovers that all is not as it seems and something very strange has happened to Sumire.
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村上春树(1949- ),日本小说家。曾在早稻田大学文学部戏剧科就读。1979年,他的第一部小说《听风之歌》问世后,即被搬上了银幕。随后,他的优秀作品《1973年的弹子球》、《寻羊冒险记》、《挪威的森林》等相继发表。他的创作不受传统拘束,构思新奇,行文潇洒自在,而又不流于庸俗浅薄。尤其是在刻画人的孤独无奈方面更有特色,他没有把这种情绪写成负的东西,而是通过内心的心智性操作使之升华为一种优雅的格调,一种乐在其中的境界,以此来为读者,尤其是生活在城市里的人们提供了一种生活模式或生命的体验。
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“那时我懂得了:我们尽管是再合适不过的旅伴,但归根结底仍不过是描绘各自轨迹的两个孤独的金属块儿。远看如流星一般美丽,而实际上我们不外乎是被幽禁在里面的、哪里也去不了的囚徒。当两颗卫星的轨道偶尔交叉时,我们便这样相会了。也可能是两颗心相碰,但不过一瞬之间。下一瞬间就重新陷入绝对的孤独中。总有一天会化为灰烬。”
但以凡庸的概论言之,我们不健全的人生,甚至浪费也是多少需要的。若将所有的浪费从人生中一笔勾销,连不健全都无从谈起。
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