Later, she tells Sumire that ‘ can’t recall’ what happened after the incident, further enforcing the notion that the (phone)line between these different parts has been irreparably damaged. Even though the telephone is prominent throughout Sputnik Sweetheart, in this scene it seems to become the barrier that keeps Miu from ‘placing a call’ to that other part of herself. Remembering the binoculars in her bag, Miu looks across the park to her apartment but, as she peers inside, witnesses herself engaged in a disturbing sexual act with a man who may have been stalking her.

Here, a document written by Sumire expresses a traumatic evening fourteen years previously in which Miu gets stuck in a Ferris wheel overnight. It kind of made sense to me, but it was completely different from the impression I got. I read some people's theories online that possibly the narrator committed suicide at the end. K is madly in love with his best friend, Sumire, but her devotion to a writerly life precludes her from any personal commitments. This passage from Sputnik Sweetheart (first published in English in 2001) depicts a curious scene haunted by images of the telephone. I just finished reading Sputnik Sweetheart and I was wondering what other people made of the ending. Part romance, part detective story, Sputnik Sweetheart tells the story of a tangled triangle of uniquely unrequited love. The telephone frequently surfaces in Murakami’s work, often standing between friends, lovers or old acquaintances as they contact each other from obscure, liminal places. Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami: 9780375726057 : Books Part romance, part detective story, Sputnik Sweetheart tells the story of a tangled triangle of uniquely unrequited love.

I’d really like to place a call to that phone.

It gave her a guilty feeling to look at her own room from so far away through the binoculars, as if she were peeking in on herself. Details Sold by: Cocoblu Retail See this image Follow the Author Haruki Murakami Sputnik Sweetheart Paperback 3 October 2002 by Haruki Murakami (Author) 4.3 2,696 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 265.06 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.

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