![]() It isn’t about guzzling ten or twenty energy drinks a day, barreling down the highway for hours at a time, turning over your paycheck to your wife without even opening the envelope, and trying to force your family to respect you. I felt I was beginning to understand what happiness is about. But the topic remains constant – the unfulfilled search for happiness and love. The protagonists are idealistic students loosing their faith, office ladies on aberrations, drunkards, movie directors, the usual mixture. This collection of short stories is a consequent deconstruction of happiness, love, everything we believe to make our lives worthwhile. Criminals, prostitutes, depression, loss. His collection of stories reflects the dark sides of Tokyo, far removed from the happy world of AKB48 and the like. ![]() The other Murakami, Ryu Murakami ( 村上 龍), is hard to compare to the more famous Haruki. ![]()
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