Murakami always leave the sign of books that he reads in his writings. The dark, lustrous eyes of the dog gazing out the tiny window. But whereas miu is glamorous and successful, sumire is an aspiring writer who dresses in an oversized secondhand coat and heavy boots like a character in a kerouac novel. The writer is involved in the world and at the same time detached. Each sentence contains a complex problem since the beginning. Part romance, part detective story, sputnik sweetheart tells the story of a tangled triangle of uniquely unrequited love. Sumire s private name for miu was sputnik sweetheart. A love story combined with a detective story, sputnik sweetheart ultimately lingers in the mind as a profound meditation on human longing. Feb 21, 2015 couple days ago, i wondered whether i was going to take the underground or south of the border, west of the sun, but wound up reading sputnik sweetheart due to its length, and it took me about 2 days to finish. One of them was the strange library, a short story. Sputnik sweetheart finds haruki murakami in his minimalist mode.
Miu later discovers that sputnik means traveling companion in russian. Sputnik sweetheart is his ninth novel, written in 1999, and tells the story of a young woman. Thats what made me read the following pages of sputnik sweetheart. Sumire fell in love for the first time in her life, and she fell in love with a woman who was seventeen years older than her and shes married. For the characters in sputnik sweetheart by haruki murakami discover that desire, love, and loss can break more than your heart. Sumire is an aspiring writer who survives on a family stipend and the creative input of her only friend, the. I am fine if she murdered sumire and made it as a vanquishing act. Sexual desire is a word that brings confusion to the mind of sumire in haruki murakamis sputnik sweetheart. Twenty two year old, sumire is in love for the first time with a woman seventeen years her senior.
May 25, 2001 books sputnik sweetheart by haruki murakami. It is usually all too easy to say why a piece of fiction doesnt work. Sumire is in love with a woman seventeen years her senior. Ever since that day, sumire s private name for miu was sputnik sweetheart. Sputnik sweetheart haruki murakami 1001 books to read. Sumire is an aspiring writer, but stops being able to write when she falls in love. Sumire is an aspiring writer who survives on a family stipend and the creative. He was relating his unrequited love for his best friend, sumire. Book sputnik sweetheart by haruki murakami matts blog. In short, the narrator of sputnik sweetheart, a schoolteacher, is in love with a strange girl called sumire who only desire to be a writer. Apr 09, 2002 how many books can a person write about people disappearing without a trace.
Sumire spends hours on the phone talking to her best friend k about the big questions in life. No matter how deep and fatal the loss, no matter how important the thing thats stolen from usthats snatched right out of our handseven if we are left completely changed, with only the outer layer of skin from before, we continue to play out our lives this way, in silence. Mar 27, 2017 from the very beginning, sputnik sweetheart grabs your attention and holds it. The manmade satellite streaking soundlessly across the blackness of outer space. Miu confuses this with sputnik, leading to the books title. Buy sputnik sweetheart book online at low prices in india. Twentytwo yearold sumire is in love for the first time with a woman seventeen years her senior. Sputnik sweetheart is a novel by haruki murakami, published in japan, by kodansha, in 1999. K, her close male friend who is infatuated with her, calls miu her sputnik sweetheart.
When sumire disappears from an island off the coast of greece, k is solicited to join the search partyand finds himself drawn back into her world and beset by ominous visions. How many books can a person write about people disappearing without a trace. When sumire disappears from an island off the coast of greece, k is solicited to join the search party and finds himself. Buy a cheap copy of sputnik sweetheart book by haruki murakami. Sputnik sweetheart by haruki murakami, paperback barnes. The novel is related on the first person view of k.
Sputnik sweetheart takes you to another level of murakami genius stories. May 22, 2001 part romance, part detective story, sputnik sweetheart tells the story of a tangled triangle of uniquely unrequited love. Either on goodreads or here not sure where someone suggested that he might have raped her when sumire moved and he confessed feeling extremely aroused by his sexual desire. When sumire disappears from an island off the coast of greece, k is solicited to join the search party and finds himself drawn back into her world and beset by ominous, haunting visions. The story talks about 3 people sumire which means violet in japanese, the narrator who is only identified as k and miu. Listen to sputnik sweetheart by haruki murakami at. The book ends with the theme of the telephone, which appears in numerous books by murakami, usually when telephoning from a faraway place. Download sputnik sweetheart pdf ebook free your pdfs. K falls in love with sumire but a devotion to an untidy. Sumire realizes early on that she has fallen in love with a sophisticated older businesswoman, miu. Sumire, the sulky object of his desire, has disappeared.
On reading sputnik sweetheart, haruki murakami the. But whereas miu is glamorous and successful, sumire is an aspiring writer who dresses in an. This time i picked one of his shorter novels, sputnik, sweetheart, which is about a very twisted love triangle between k, miu and sumire. There is much more in sputnik sweetheart as compared to the normal books. At least, that is, until she meets an older woman to whom she finds herself irresistibly drawn. The more i read haruki murakami books, the more i amazed how knowledgeable he is about lots of things. I read some peoples theories online that possibly the narrator committed suicide at the end. But whereas miu is a glamorous and successful older woman with a taste for classical music and fine wine, sumire is an aspiring writer who dresses in an oversized secondhand coat and. Sputnik sweetheart, suputoniku no koibito is a novel by haruki murakami, published in japan, by kodansha, in 1999. Listen to sputnik sweetheart audiobook by haruki murakami. And as it turned out,sputnik sweetheart hinges on the uncanny, and lonely. K is an elementary school teacher, 25 years old, and in love with sumire, though she does not quite share his. Fiction is a genre everyone like to read if you are not into the fiction books then you are going to be a fan of the fiction genre after reading the book for sure.
Sputnik sweetheart 9780375411694 by haruki murakami and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. And so the theme of the dissembled person the two mius, one feeling and the other not is very much about the writers condition. Their relationship is told through the eyes of sumire s close male friend. I just finished sputnik sweetheart, my fourth murakami book or 3. May 26, 2001 sputnik sweetheart haruki murakami, trans philip gabriel 229pp, harvill. Sumire is an aspiring writer who survives on a family stipend and the creative input of her only friend, the novels male narrator and protagonist, known in the text only as k. Sputnik sweetheart shop read books fiction general fiction but whereas miu is glamorous and successful, sumire is an aspiring writer who dresses in an oversized secondhand coat and heavy boots like a character in a kerouac novel. However, sumire was incapable of love until she met an older woman, miu. Im fruhling ihres zweiundzwanzigsten lebensjahres verliebte sich sumire. Shorter than the sweeping windup bird chronicle, less playfully bizarre than a wild sheep chase.
Sumire is an aspiring writer, who falls in love for the first time with, not a man, but another woman, miu, korean, seventeen years her senior. Sputnik sweetheart 2002 read online free book by haruki. Subtle and haunting, sputnik sweetheart is a profound meditation on human longing. At first, emotion drives you forward, but as the perspective of the novel changes, you find yourself interested in the surreal and haunting mysteries that murakami presents. From the very beginning, sputnik sweetheart grabs your attention and holds it. Sputnik sweetheart by haruki murakami books the guardian. It kind of made sense to me, but it was completely different from the impression i got. Enter murakamis world to explore the books, read interviews, discover music, browse image. But for the first time since i started reading murakami, i dont think i quite understand what happened in the end of this novel. Sputnik sweetheart adobe epub ebook, overdrive read, kindle book average rating. However, unlike murakamis main protagonist k is just a school teacher and he is very. An english translation by philip gabriel was then published in 2001.
That saves the sputnik sweetheart more than murakami. Oct 15, 20 part romance, part detective story, sputnik sweetheart tells the story of a tangled triangle of uniquely unrequited love. A conversation with murakami about sputnik sweetheart. If you are interested in the novels then you must have to read this book. A love story combined with a detective story, sputnik sweetheart ultimately. Search hello select your address select your address. K is madly in love with his best friend, sumire, but her devotion to a writerly life precludes her from any personal commitments. Sputnik sweetheart translated from the japanese by philip gabriel is the second murakami novel ive read after kafka on the shore, which was my baptism of fire into murakamis perplexing world filled with unusual characters and dreamlike events. Miu is the only saving grace in this work, and she is way more relatable than the obnoxious sumire and k. Haruki murakami, the internationally bestselling author of norwegian wood and the windup bird chronicle, plunges us into an urbane japan of jazz bars, coffee shops, jack kerouac, and the beatles to tell this story of a tangled triangle of uniquely unrequited loves. I just finished reading sputnik sweetheart and i was wondering what other people made of the ending. Sputnik sweetheart vintage international kindle edition.
This sexual desire takes a while for sumire to comprehend but as the novel continues it is seen that she comprehends it when it comes to the terms of literature, which is. From this misunderstanding, sumire begins to think of miu as her sputnik sweetheart. But whereas miu is a glamorous and successful older woman with a taste for classical music and fine wine, sumire is an aspiring writer who dresses in an oversized secondhand coat and heavy boots like a character in a jack kerouac novel. In sputnik sweetheart, the authors western obsessions are very visible. Oct 03, 2002 miu is the only saving grace in this work, and she is way more relatable than the obnoxious sumire and k. When sumire disappears from an island off the coast of greece, k is. Enter murakamis world to explore the books, read interviews, discover music, browse image galleries, and much more.