![]() The way that he writes is deeply personal, as if each sentence is like a warm hug. Why I like it: Haruki Murakami is one of my favorite authors, and Sputnik Sweetheart is one of my favorite books by Murakami. Sputnik Sweetheart explores the intense, yet unrequited, love triangle between Sumire, Miu and K, and delves into themes such as the complexity of relationships, longing, isolation and the forever incompleteness attached with human desire. The narrator, K, is good friends with Sumire from college, and together, they bond over phone calls in the early mornings in which Sumire pines K for advice on love, writing and making sense of the world. Synopsis: Sumire, a recent college drop-out, finds herself in love for the first time with Miu, a woman 17 years older than her. No matter how deep and fatal the loss, no matter how important the thing that’s stolen from us… even 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.” Genre: Romance, Fiction, Cultural (work in translation)įavorite Quote: “So that’s how we live our lives. Title: Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami Sputnik Sweatheart is a book written in 1999 by Haruki Murakami. ![]() For many, one of these passions is reading books. ![]() ![]() During online school, more and more students have discovered old and new passions to fill their time. ![]()
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