The writing in Sputnik Sweetheart is easy to follow, but at the same time it’s riddled with metaphors that you may only catch if you’re looking for them. On the surface level it sounds like such a basic story, but Murakami has the ability to peel so many different layers of his characters to the point that there’s so much depth behind every word. K is forced to witness these events as he lives his own life as a newly qualified elementary school teacher. Sumire ends up working as Miu’s assistant and things get spicy when she tags along on a work trip. This is the first time Sumire has been sexually drawn to anyone, and it’s an obsession that leads to her leaning many new things, including life skills. She soon falls in love with a woman named Miu who is seventeen years her senior. Sumire is an inspiring novelist in her mid-20s who is struggling to pen her first notable work.
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