Quotes from book
Almost Transparent Blue

Name: Almost Transparent Blue
Author: Ryū Murakami

Ryū Murakami Original title 限りなく透明に近いブルー (Japanese, 1976)

Almost Transparent Blue is a 1976 novel, written by Japanese author Ryū Murakami, that features a portrait of narrator Ryū and his friends trapped in a cycle of sex, drugs and rock 'n roll during the 1970s.

“And just because I've written this book, don't think I've changed. I'm like I was back then, really.”

Ryū Murakami book Almost Transparent Blue

Almost Transparent Blue (1976)

“Yeah, he'd said, maybe it's just my idea, but really it always hurts, the times it don't hurt is when we just forget, we just forget it hurts, you know, it's not just because my belly's all rotten, everybody always hurts. So when it really starts stabbing me, somehow I feel sort of peaceful, like I'm myself again”

Ryū Murakami book Almost Transparent Blue

Almost Transparent Blue (1976)

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