“Money had no name of course. And if it did have a name, it would no longer be money. What gave money its true meaning was its dark-night namelessness, its breathtaking interchangeability.”

— Haruki Murakami, book The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (1994-1995)

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