japanese literature
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300 short stories:: story 186
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman” author: Haruki Murakami year: 2006 where: midday and golden note: I love Murakami’s introduction to this collection. He writes, “My short stories are like soft shadows I’ve set out in the world, faint footprints I’ve left behind.” a line: “My cousin lived nearby, but I was just over a decade older than him…
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300 short stories:: story 182
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “Men Without Women” author: Haruki Murakami year: 2017 where: golden chaise note: I haven’t picked up this collection since summer 2017. a line: “I already know what it is to be the second-loneliest man on earth. But I still don’t know what it is to be the loneliest. A deep gulf separates the second and the…
SAMANTHA NEUGEBAUER 