South of the Border, West of the Sun

South of the Border, West of the Sun is a mesmerizing and lyrical journey through the depths of human desire and the complexities of relationships. The characters are hauntingly real, and the story is full of unexpected twists and turns. Haruki Murakami's signature style is on full display, drawing you in with his unique blend of humor, melancholy, and magic.

Murakami is excellent, as always. I am yet to find a single book by him that I wouldn't like.

Sometimes when I look at you, I feel I'm gazing at a distant star. It's dazzling, but the light is from tens of thousands of years ago. Maybe the star doesn't even exist anymore. Yet sometimes that light seems more real to me than anything. You're here. At least you look as if you're here. But maybe you aren't. Maybe it's just your shadow. The real you may be someplace else. Or maybe you already disappeared, a long, long time ago. I reach out my hand to see, but you've hidden yourself behind a cloud of probablys.

What-might-have-beens may be beautiful because they are exactly just that: just what-might-have-beens.