Kafka on the shore by Haruki Murakami

Author:Haruki Murakami [Murakami, Haruki]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Unread
ISBN: 9781400079278
Publisher: Vintage International
Published: 2006-01-03T00:00:00+00:00

Words without letters Standing in the shadow of the door... The drowning girl's fingers Search for the entrance stone... Outside the window there are soldiers, steeling themselves to die.... What could it mean? Were all these just coincidences? I walk to the window and look out at the garden. Darkness is just settling in on the world. I go over to the reading room, sit on the sofa, and open up Tanizaki's translation of The Tale of Genji. At ten I go to bed, turn off the bedside light, and close my eyes, waiting for the fifteen-year-old Miss Saeki to return to this room.

Chapter 24

It was already eight p. m. when their bus from Kobe arrived in front of Tokushima Station. Well, Mr. Nakata, here we are. Shikoku." "What a wonderful bridge. Nakata's never seen such a huge one before." The two of them alighted from the bus and sat down on a bench at the station to survey their surroundings. "So--did you have a message from God or something?" Hoshino asked. "Telling you where you're supposed to go now? What you're supposed to do?" "No. Nakata still has no idea." "Great..." Nakata rubbed his head deliberately with his palm for a while, as if pondering weighty matters. "Mr. Hoshino?" he finally said. "What's up?" "I'm sorry, but Nakata really needs to go to sleep. I'm so sleepy I feel like I could fall asleep right here." "Wait a sec--you can't fall asleep here," Hoshino said, flustered. "Tell you what, I'll find a place where you can sack out, okay? Just hang in there for a while." "All right. Nakata will hang in there and try not to go to sleep." "Good. Are you hungry?" "No, just sleepy." Hoshino quickly located the tourist information counter, found an inexpensive inn that included complimentary breakfast, and called to book a room. It was some distance from the station, so they hailed a cab. As soon as they arrived, Hoshino asked the maid to lay out their futons for them. Nakata skipped taking a bath and undressed, lay down in bed, and in an instant was peacefully snoring away. "I'll probably sleep for a long time, so don't be alarmed," he said just before he fell asleep. "Hey, I'm not going to bother you--sleep as much as you want," Hoshino said, but Nakata was already lost to the world. Hoshino enjoyed a leisurely bath, went out, and strolled around to get the lay of the land, then ducked inside a sushi shop for dinner and a beer. He wasn't much of a drinker, and a medium-size bottle of beer was enough to turn his face bright red and put him in a good mood. After dinner he played pachinko and lost twenty-five dollars in a hour. His Chunichi Dragons baseball cap drew a few stares from passersby, and he decided he must be the only one in Tokushima wearing one. Back at the inn he found Nakata just as he'd left him, sound asleep.

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