Simultaneously, away from the rattling of the city, Eri Asai, Mari’s sister, is sleeping but there is something about her sleep that is not normal. The time crawls leisurely during which, under the dark sky, all sorts of events occur and we get to see the paradoxical nature of mankind. We also meet Shirakawa who’s working late at night in his office. They establish a bond, unexplained till the end, through which they unlock the doors of their history and even up the wrinkled and edgy portions.Īs the night draws towards its end, we meet Kaoru, Komungi, Korogi and a Chinese girl in Alphaville hotel. There enters a lanky boy with his trombone and recognizes Mari from a pool party where they had met a few years back. Mari is sitting in a café drinking coffee, reading and smoking. “Time moves in its own special way in the night.

However, the time has changed and there are all sorts of people lurking under the black sky. It used to be after the sun set, people would just crawl back into their caves and protect themselves. Published in 2004, After Dark by Haruki Murakami takes you to the surreal world. Englisch.While on one side, the streets of Tokyo are as busy as ever with 24 hours café, hotels and bars, the other side of the city is as still as death. Strange nocturnal happenings, or a trick of the night 208 pp.

With After Dark we journey beyond the twilight. But tonight as the digital clock displays 00:00 a faint electrical crackle is perceptible, a hint of life flickers across the TV screen, though the television's plug has been pulled.Murakami, acclaimed master of the surreal, returns with a stunning new novel, where the familiar can become unfamiliar after midnight, even to those that thrive in small hours. She has been in this soporfic state for two months Eri has become the classic myth - a sleeping beauty. Meanwhile Eri is at home and sleeps a deep, heavy sleep that is 'too perfect, too pure' to be normal pulse and respiration at the lowest required level.

Shortly afterwards Mari will be interrupted a second time by a girl from the Alphaville Hotel a Chinese prostitute has been hurt by a client, the girl has heard Mari speaks fluent Chinese and requests her help. The musician soon leaves with a promise to return before dawn. They realise they've been acquainted through Eri, Mari's beautiful sister. The musician has plans to rehearse with his jazz band all night, Mari is equally unconcerned and content to read, smoke and drink coffee until dawn. Mari sips her coffee and glances up from a book as a young man, a musician, intrudes on her solitude. Neuware - The midnight hour approaches in an almost empty all-night diner.

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