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As usual, murakami takes us into a world on where you are introduced to the 3 characters who would matter to you throughout the pages. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading sputnik. But for the first time since i started reading murakami, i dont think i quite understand what happened in the end of this novel. On reading sputnik sweetheart, haruki murakami the. Rather like the mans breakthrough and most popular. K is madly in love with his best friend, sumire, but her devotion to a writerly life precludes her from any personal commitments.
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