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Cuộc săn cừu hoang by Haruki Murakami

Me: I bet this is the easiest book of Murakami and I am enjoying it so far.

(5 hours later)
Me: At this moment, I feel everything is the imagination of the protagonist right from his girlfriend to this exploring some weird sheep. Like, How could anyone find one sheep that has a star mark on its back when there could be thousands of sheep there? Do you think it's possible?

Friend: Umm, I don't get what this book is about. You mean is it literally about chasing a wild sheep?

Me: Kind of. but it has some deeper connections and it's not just about finding the sheep.

Friend: So what's the use of searching that sheep then?

Me: You don't get it, do you? His books are like that. The protagonists could be searching for something trivial but it will be surreal and realistic at the same time with much more deeper connection than you could imagine. You could relate to their loneliness and the things they go through so closely but you know very well that you have never been there or you would never be in the future. Reading his books is like living through his dreams. For example, 'Whether you take the doughnut hole as a blank space or as an entity unto itself is a purely metaphysical question and does not affect the taste of the doughnut one bit.'

Friend: Okay. But you sound like that weird guy now.

(10 minutes later)
Me: Hey, have you ever attracted to someone's ears and that improved your sex drive thousand fold? Isn't it awesome though?

Friend: Ewww, what?

Me: oh, so you haven't? Neither me.

(1 hour later)
Me: Yaay! I finished the book finally. I loved it. You should read it too.

Friend: Oh, What the book was actually about?

Me: It's hard to explain.

Friend: What's so hard? You said you loved it?!

Me: uh-uh. I loved it. It's his easiest work but I still can't explain it.

Friend: For God sake! What happened to you? Do you want me to come over?

Me: Nah, I am fine. I am going to read 'After dark' next.

Friend: By the same guy?

Me: Yup. It will be lot better. I have read it before.

Friend: Anyways, you have read it already. so let's go out?

(left on seen)