Last book post, I swear! But you MUST read this story below.

[kalispice]

I am in love with Haruki Murakami's beautifully written lyrical prose.

On my Barnes & Noble field trip, my intent was only to skim through novels, find out which ones I enjoyed, and then purchase them at home on amazon.com at discounted prices. Armed with a tall stack of Murakami books, I flipped open the first one, The Elephant Vanishes (a

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[lovendesire]

wow. That was good. No lie.

The Elephant Vanishes is the name of the book? I might just have to take a trip to B&N tomorrow.

[iagofan]

there are so many times in our lives when we cross paths with that 100% perfect person, and most of the time we are so unaware that it has happened, that the opportunity is lost without the slightest recognition. i have such a hard time knowing what is perfect for me at any given time that is seems foolhardy to even labor under the illusion that my perfect woman exists, or that i am perfect for someone else. how can it be when perfection is such a mutable concept? it's not that i don't have a romantic soul, it's that i have a pragmatic brain, often the trump to romance. what piece of perfection do i reluctantly abandon in order to meld with the soul of another? don't ask me. i don't know. it surely will happen by accident, not by design, and surely not in a crowded street, but maybe we'll gently collide on a ski slope, or scramble for the same foul ball at a baseball game, or simultaneously try to sit in the last available lounge chair in a crowded bookstore with the same book clutched. we will read to each other.

[sweetie_111]

funny, i read this somewhere online, just dont remember

[flipmee]

i love that story so bad, i first read that at http://mat.upm.es/~jcm/murakami-perfect.html and had to read it again 3 more times..i thought it was just the one story someone just wrote in an instance, so the book is full of short stories like this one?? gonna try an look out for it

[kalispice]

the rest of the stories are pretty bizzare, but murakami is a great author nevertheless. :)

[a_stylez]

...crammed full of warm secrets, like an antique clock built when peace filled the world.
I bet you didn't even write the publisher for permission to reproduce good stuff like this in your LJ.

I'm telling.

...and adding to my Amazon wishlist. =P

[kalispice]

my amazon wishlist is like 50-books long now.

*hint hint*