Wind/Pinball

Author:Haruki Murakami
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2015-08-03T16:00:00+00:00

It’s all over, I kept telling myself on the train. You can forget her now. That’s why you made this trip. But I couldn’t forget. That I loved Naoko. That she was dead and gone. That not a single damn thing was over and done with.

The clouds that cover Venus turn its surface into a furnace. That and the humidity mean that most Venusians die young—reaching thirty brings one almost legendary status. It also means that everyone’s heart is overflowing with love. Venusians all love each other; there are no exceptions. Nor is there any hatred, envy, or contempt. No one badmouths anyone else. There are no murders or fights. Love and caring reign.

“Suppose someone were to die today—we wouldn’t feel sad,” the quiet young Venusian said. “We loved them with all our hearts while they were alive, so there’s no need for regrets.”

“So you love in anticipation of death?”

“Earthling words like that escape me,” he said, shaking his head.

“Do things really work out that way?” I asked.

“If they didn’t,” he replied, “Venus would be buried in sadness.”

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