December 2011
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Once upon a time, there lived a boy and a girl. The boy was eighteen and the...
– Haruku Murakami: On seeing the 100% perfect girl one beautiful April morning
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Haruki Murakami: On seeing the 100% perfect girl...
One beautiful April morning, on a narrow side street in Tokyo’s fashionable Harujuku neighborhood, I walked past the 100% perfect girl.
Tell you the truth, she’s not that good-looking. She doesn’t stand out in any way. Her clothes are nothing special. The back of her hair is still bent out of shape from sleep. She isn’t young, either - must be near thirty, not even close...