![]() The story is told from Sumire’s unnamed friend’s perspective, who portrays her as lost and sometimes borderline obsessed with excelling at writing. When she is offered a job by older businesswoman Miu, Sumire falls in love with her, embracing the emotion as the one thing missing from her writing. The book follows young writer-wannabe Sumire, whose life choices feel confused and insufficient. Sputnik Sweetheart tells a love story so subtle and profound it took me two re-reads to fully grasp its meanings. Murakami’s books have always awoken questions, intrigue, and domino-like thought processes in me. Usually, one of the realities is the one we know, while its counterpart is a space where the characters travel through intense emotion. In his novels, Haruki Murakami lays human emotion on the fine line between parallel realities. ![]()
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