“As we go through life we gradually discover who we are, but the more we discover, the more we lose ourselves.”
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Tsukuru Tazaki reexamines his simple life as he searches for his closest high school friends to discover why he was suddenly ostracized from their group. "Cuando Tsukuru Tazakiera adolescente, se sentaba durante horas en las estaciones para ver pasar los trenes. Ahora, con treinta y seis años, es un ingeniero que diseña y construye estaciones de ferrocarril y que lleva una vida tranquila, tal vez demasiado solitaria. Cuando conoce a Sara, una mujer por la que se siente atraído, empieza a plantearse cuestiones que creía definitivamente zanjadas. Entre otras, un traumático episodio de su juventud: cuando iba a la universidad, el que fue su grupo de amigos desde la adolescencia cortó bruscamente, sin dar explicaciones, toda relación con él, y la experiencia fue tan dolorosa que Tsukuru incluso acarició la idea del suicidio. Ahora, dieciséis años despuís, quizá logre averiguar qué sucedió exactamente. Ecos del pasado y del presente, pianistas capaces de predecir la muerte y de ver el color de las personas, manos de seis dedos, sueños perturbadores, muchachas frágiles y muertes que suscitan interrogantes componen el paisaje, pautado por las notas de Los años de peregrinaciónde Liszt, por el que Tsukuru viajará en busca de sentimientos largo tiempo ocultos. Decididamente, le ha llegado la hora de subirse a un tren."--P. [4] of cover.
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Haruki Murakami
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“As we go through life we gradually discover who we are, but the more we discover, the more we lose ourselves.”
“Life is long, and sometimes cruel. Sometimes victims are needed. Someone has to take on that role. And human bodies are fragile, easily damaged. Cut them, and they bleed.”
“We truly believed in something back then, and we knew we were the kind of people capable of believing in something - with all our hearts. And that kind of hope will never simply vanish.”
“Some things in life are too complicated to explain in any language.”
“Aren't you afraid of dying? Not really. I've watched lots of good-for-nothing, worthless people die, and if people like that can do it, then I should be able to handle it.”
“Everything has boundaries. The same holds true with thought. You shouldn't fear boundaries, but you should not be afraid of destroying them. That's what is most important if you want to be f...”
“We truly believed in something back then, and we knew we were the kind of people capable of believing in something –with all our hearts. And that kind of hope will never simply vanish.”