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“This part is perfect.” Her fingers framed a paragraph. “Almost straight out of a Murakami novel.”

“Murakami?”

“You must read Murakami!” she exclaimed. “I read a recent translation on the plane. I shall leave it to you as a parting gift.” In the meantime she recommended Angela Carter and Flannery O’Connor, bringing new copies of their works the next time she came over.