44 pages • 1 hour read
Haruki MurakamiA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Content Warning: This section includes discussion of a non-consensual sexual encounter.
After Tsukuru and Haida go to sleep, Tsukuru wakes up disoriented; he struggles to decipher if he is dreaming or if he is awake. He notices a figure that looks like Haida standing in the corner of his room but insists that it is not the actual Haida. Tsukuru feels a strong desire to move but cannot. He senses this vision of Haida staring at him. No words are spoken and after some time, Haida’s image leaves the room. Tsukuru falls back asleep.
Tsukuru has a sexually explicit dream that involves Shiro and Kuro. As the dream proceeds, Haida’s image reappears and becomes the center of the dream’s sexual encounter. The dream is so vivid that when Tsukuru wakes up, he feels as though he actually did have sex with the girls and then with Haida.
In the morning, there is no indication that Haida has any idea of the events from the night before, or about the wild dream that Tsukuru had; however, Tsukuru is convinced that Haida does.
By Haruki Murakami
1Q84
Haruki Murakami
After Dark
Haruki Murakami
A Wild Sheep Chase
Haruki Murakami
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
Haruki Murakami
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Haruki Murakami
Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami
Killing Commendatore
Haruki Murakami
Norwegian Wood
Haruki Murakami
South of the Border, West of the Sun
Haruki Murakami
Sputnik Sweetheart
Haruki Murakami
The Elephant Vanishes: Stories
Haruki Murakami
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Haruki Murakami, Transl. Jay Rubin
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Haruki Murakami
Appearance Versus Reality
View Collection
Coming-of-Age Journeys
View Collection
Friendship
View Collection
Japanese Literature
View Collection
Magical Realism
View Collection
Memory
View Collection
Music
View Collection
New York Times Best Sellers
View Collection
Sexual Harassment & Violence
View Collection
The Best of "Best Book" Lists
View Collection
The Past
View Collection