Name: Landscape with Flatiron

Author: Haruki Murakami
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 This short story, part of a group of stories entitled „After The Quake", occurs over the course of one night with three friends sitting around a bonfire. Miyake is an older man with an obsession in building the perfect bonfire. He befriends Junko, a young woman who lives with her boyfriend Keisuke and is estranged from her family. Whenever Miyake is going to light a bonfire, he calls Junko to come down and watch it burn; and the two of them have an unusual connection. Junko's boyfriend, Keisuke, is a musician who lives in the here and now and has difficulty understanding Miyake and Junko's relationship.

Much of the story revolves around a philosophical discussion between Miyake and Junko. It is important to understand that Murakami wrote this story shortly after the Kobe earthquake; and the themes of death, an uncertain future and the larger meaning of life resonate throughout the prose.


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