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| Two moons of a parallel world |
Tengo: Finally finished it.
Aomame: Took you a while.
Tengo: Yes. Three years, in
fact.
Aomame: What held you up?
Tengo: It was a trilogy, and
there were other books, shorter books. IQ84 ran to 925 pages, after all. Not a
bad read though. Checked most boxes: suspenseful story, descriptive detail,
psychological insight. And full of symbols.
Aomame: Symbols?
Tengo: Two moons signifying
parallel universes. There were little people and air chrysalises but Murakami
didn’t exactly suggest what these meant.
Aomame: Hmm. What are we to
make of it?
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Voice-over
Was this tale of colliding realism and magic
convincing? Reviews were mostly good, some doubters. Baxter liked it. Maslin
didn’t. Dipping into it over three years puts Tengo in the middle it seems.
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