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Pinball, 1973

Name: Pinball, 1973
Author: Haruki Murakami

Haruki MurakamiOriginal title 1973年のピンボール (Japanese, 1980)

Pinball, 1973 is a novel published in 1980 by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. The second book in the "Trilogy of the Rat" series, it is preceded by Hear the Wind Sing and followed by A Wild Sheep Chase , and is the second novel written by Murakami.

“Sometimes I feel like a caretaker of a museum -- a huge, empty museum where no one ever comes, and I'm watching over it for no one but myself.”

Haruki Murakami book Pinball, 1973

Source: Pinball, 1973

“So many dreams, so many disappointments, so many promises. And in the end, they all just vanish.”

Haruki Murakami book Pinball, 1973

Source: Pinball, 1973

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