Goodbye, Tsugumi : a novel by Yoshimoto Banana 1964- & Michael Emmerich

Author:Yoshimoto, Banana, 1964- & Michael Emmerich [Emmerich, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Cousins, Female friendship
Publisher: New York : Grove Press
Published: 2002-10-15T07:00:00+00:00

Goodbye 1 sugumi

up against a deep blue background. The mix of colors was very sharp, lots of contrast, and I would just keep staring at it and staring at it as I lay there, from that lying-down angle. That's how I would pass my time ... At the time I didn't really think much about it, but later on—right before I had the operation, for example, and after the operation, when things were really hard, and even now, every time I run into some kind of problem—at times like that the design of that towel always catapults into my mind. The thing has been gone for ages and ages, but I see it so clearly it actually seems to be there in front of me, right in front of my eyes. It's as if I could just reach out and grab it. And it's strange—as soon as I see that design I start feeling like I'm in control again. I've decided that I should think of it as a kind of faith. Pretty interesting story in its way, don't you think? The end."

"Wow ..." I said.

His unruffled calm, the maturity you sensed in his behavior, the aura of properness about him that was like a neatly drawn line, and especially those eyes—no doubt living through such a childhood was what had made him turn out this way. And though the way in which Tsugumi reflected her experience was the exact opposite of this, she too had walked a similar, solitary path. Yes, it was a work of nature, and there wasn't anything that could be done about it, but still it hurt to think of Tsugumi's heart beating away in that broken body. Her spirit had strength like the raging of a fire that could reach out into the depths of space, burning deeper than anyone's, but her body kept it locked in extreme confinement. Maybe this pointless energy of hers had led her to sense, at a glance, what it was that shone in Kyoichi's eyes?

Tsugumi looked at Kyoichi. "You'd gaze at those flags and think about all those faraway countries? And about the place you

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