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Sputnik Sweetheart

By: Haruki Murakami
Narrated by: Adam Sims
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Sumire is in love with a woman 17 years her senior. But whereas Miu is glamorous and successful, Sumire is an aspiring writer who dresses in an oversized second-hand coat and heavy boots like a character in a Kerouac novel.

Sumire spends hours on the phone talking to her best friend K about the big questions in life: what is sexual desire, and should she ever tell Miu how she feels for her? Meanwhile K wonders whether he should confess his own unrequited love for Sumire.

Then, a desperate Miu calls from a small Greek island: Sumire has mysteriously vanished....

©2001 Haruki Murakami (P)2021 Penguin Audio
Coming of Age Contemporary Contemporary Romance Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Romance
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So one of my favourite authors is Haruki Murakami, however I have noticed in a lot of books are extensions of some of his story stories. I’m finish reading Sputnik Sweetheart and had his short story called “Man-Eating Cats” in Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman.

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