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"Pinball in 1973" Author: [Japanese] Haruki Murakami Publisher: Shanghai Translation Publishing House
"Pinball in 1973" Author: [Japanese] Haruki Murakami Publisher: Shanghai Translation Publishing House
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Introduction · · · · · ·
This is also a story about an entrance and an exit. Just like the little mouse that entered the mousetrap, it died on the fourth morning because the exit was closed. The little mouse is an example of urban youth, and the male protagonist is also the mouse, who is looking for an exit.
The detailed description and the obsession with the pinball machine all reveal a deep loneliness and confusion. Naoko, who appeared in the Norwegian forest, is only mentioned in the first section, but it feels like her shadow deeply shrouds the whole text. The mouse can't forget his love for Naoko. He seals himself in a hole that only accommodates himself, and in the pinball game. The continuous pinball game isolates him from the world around him.
About the Author · · · · · ·
Haruki Murakami (1949- ) is a Japanese novelist. He studied at the Department of Drama, Faculty of Literature, Waseda University. In 1979, his first novel, Hear the Wind Sing, was adapted into a film. Subsequently, his excellent works, Pinball in 1973, A Sheep Chase, and Norwegian Wood, were published one after another. His creations are not bound by tradition, his ideas are novel, his writing is free and unrestrained, but not vulgar and shallow. He is especially unique in depicting people's loneliness and helplessness. He did not write this emotion as something negative, but sublimated it into an elegant style and a state of enjoyment through inner mental operations, thereby providing readers, especially those living in cities, with a lifestyle or life experience.
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