Source: Audition (1997), Chapter Eight, Kai
Contexte: The young people nowadays – men and women, amateurs and pros – generally fall into one of two categories: either they don’t know what it is that’s most important to them, or they know but don’t have the power to go after it. But this girl’s different. She knows what’s most important to her and she knows how to get it, but she doesn’t let on what it is. I’m pretty sure it’s not money, or success, or a normal happy life, or a strong man, or some weird religion, but that’s about all I can tell you. She’s like smoke:you think you’re seeing her clearly enough, but when you reach for her there’s nothing there. That’s a sort of strength, I suppose. But it makes her hard to figure out.
Ryū Murakami: Citations en anglais
Source: Audition (1997), Chapter Eight
Contexte: My theory is that sushi and kaiseki are dishes that evolved in peaceful, prosperous times, when eating well was the normal state of affairs. In this country we have the illusion that there's always this warm, loving community we belong to, but the other side of that is a sort of exclusiveness and xenophobia, and our food reflects that. Japanese cuisine isn't inclusive at all-infact it's extremely inhospitable to outsiders, to people who don't fit into the community.
“They don't realise that they've changed; they think it's the world that changed.”
Source: Coin Locker Babies
“The world's worst flavor combination was mango and menthol.”
Source: Coin Locker Babies
“Just before I fell asleep, I had a moment of panic…”
Source: In the Miso Soup
like it was chipping away at at me, at my life.“
Source: Audition (1997), Chapter Five, Yoshikawa Asami
