10/16/2012 - Just read Chapter 7, where Aomame encounters the dowager and her gay bodyguard, Tamaru. The description of the hothouse and the butterflies, being a fragile world where time slows down was great. Murakami really makes symbols blatant, which always upsets my curiosity, making me have a lesser opinion of his writing skill. Granted this is a translation, but he works very closely with his translators.
— Oct 16, 2012 05:04AM
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