Söndags-smakbit # 9

Bloggen Betraktelser ger oss på söndagar chansen att publicera ett litet smakprov ur en bok vi läser.
Där får du många spännande boktitlar att kika närmare på.

Jag läser en novellsamling som heter First person singular och är skriven av Haruki Murakami

Smakbit ur novellen On a Stone Pillow sid 37

”Loving someone is like having a mental illness that´s not covered by health insurance” she said, in a flat tone, like she was reciting something written on the wall. -I see, I said, moved by her words”

Ur novellen Confession of a Shinagawa Monkey sid 140

”A beer after work can´t be beat,” the monkey said, wiping his mouth with the hairy back of his hand. – But being a monkey, the opportunities to have a beer like this are few and far between”

Ur novellen Carnaval sid 167

”-What I´ve observed is that most of the beautiful women I know are dissatisfied, and irritated by tiny, inconsequential flaws – the kind inevitably found somewhere in any person´s physical makeup, Their big toes are too big, or their nails are weirdly off center, or their nipples aren´t the same size. One woman I know is convinced that her earlobes are too long, and always wears her hair long to hide them.
Compared to these women, isn´t a woman who is not beautiful – who is even considered to be ugly – and yet enjoys that fact, a far happier person?”