![]() ![]() But when Sumire finds out Miu cannot feel the same passion, she goes on to discover the strange experience that made Miu numb to physical desire and turned her hair white. Mysterious, successful, and adventurous Miu quickly comes to dominate Sumire’s entire existence. ![]() Sumire sees falling in love with Miu as a revelation that could finally bring her the inspiration she so fiercely seeks. ![]() 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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