I am a bit biased, I suppose, anytime I read anything by him, as I go into his novels already liking it without reading a single word. Still, he had a constant, nagging fear that someday he would fall away from this intimate community, or be forced out and left on his own. . So why did I give this book a high-ish rating? “You’re confusing rugby with baseball or tennis. It wasn’t like they showed up with a topic in mind—they just never ran out of things to talk about. . This book, although seemingly quite plotless to begin with has in fact a rather deep meaning behind. He never bragged about his grades, however, and preferred to cautiously stay in the background, almost as if he were embarrassed to be so smart. In high school, Tsukuru made friends with a multihued group of classmates. The program was run by a Catholic church, and of the thirty-five students in their high school class, the five of them were the only ones who selected it. 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She seemed happiest while teaching piano to children in an after-school program. The Atlantic It was a sudden, decisive declaration, with no room for compromise. One day his four closest friends, the friends he’d known for a long time, announced that they did not want to see him, or talk with him, ever again. Murakami is certainly a master at what he does. The two boys’ last names were Akamatsu—which means  “red pine”—and Oumi—“blue sea”; the girls’ family names were Shirane—“white root”—and Kurono—“black field.” Tazaki was the only last name that did not have a color in its meaning. I have to say that this one feels like a monster... ...but achieves a really magical emotional depth. . Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki alights in some mysterious places but doesn’t settle there. . *shrug*. .climatePledgeFriendlyATF{color:#168342!important;text-decoration:none!important}.climatePledgeFriendlyAlignMiddle{vertical-align:middle}.climatePledgeFriendlyMarginLeft21px{margin-left:21px}.climatePledgeFriendlyMarginLeft10px{margin-left:10px}.climatePledgeFriendlyDesktopCard{margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:50px} But like other ostensibly settled characters in Murakami's previous novels, Tsukuru is haunted by emotional wounds and unanswered questions from his youth. Shiro and Kuro had been in the same class in junior high and knew each other well, even before the five of them became friends. The Washington Post . Perhaps that's why he has come to speak not just for his thwarted nation, but for so many of us who love art—since it's only there, alas, in novels such as this one, that we're allowed to live twice.” — Shiro knew next to nothing about  sports, and had zero interest in them. From the very beginning this fact made him feel a little bit left out. . 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