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96 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2005
I think a grown man (see shoe illustration) is reliving a sad childhood memory.
I think the setting in the bowels of THE STRANGE LIBRARY represents loneliness.
I think the nasty ogre with scary eyes means to show us fear.
I think the starling represents worry and loss.
I think the sheep brings memories of kindness that absorb pain, and
I think the beautiful voiceless girl represents love, strength and all that has been lost.
"And ever since I was little my mother had told me, if you don't know something, go to the library and look it up."
I'll be damn, I think I have to give this 4 Stars.
The sheep man has his world. I have mind. And you have yours,too...just because I don’t exist in the sheep man’s world, it doesn’t mean that I don’t exist at all.With as simple of a discussion as that, Murakami lightly paints in parallel worlds and fantasy, keeping them vague enough to provoke the imagination and making them feel plausible in the world we live in.
ثم و فى المساء التالى أيضا ... الفتاة الغامضة ظهرت مجددا. هذه المرة جلبت لى سجقا مطهيا على الطريقة الفرنسية و سلطة بطاطا و سمكا محشوا سلطة براعم الفجل. هلالية كبيرة و شايا أسود محلى بالعسل. مجرد رؤية كل هذا جعلنى جائعا.مجرد ذكر الطعام و أصنافه تصرخ المعدة جائعة و يجرى الريق عذبا زلالا و بمجرد ذكر الكتب أشتاق لجهازى اللوحى و قراءة كتاب ثم اتذكر فجأة أن ما أفعله هو أننى فعلا أقرأ كتاب و ها هو جهازى اللوحى أمامى يحدق فى بدهشة كما أحدق فيه أنا أيضا
- اهرب .. هذه هى فرصتك["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>
- و لكن ماذا عنك؟
- لا تقلق على ... سألحق بك فيما بعد .. أسرع .. لو لم تسرع .. ستضيع للأبد
'Why did something like this have to happen to me? All I did was go to the library to borrow some books.’