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A Long Way from The Stuffed Cabbage

        Sometimes I meet a person ing experie I    e lots of books about t; I te a fe mean t Ameris say suc t many Japanese living in America often do.    t be probably true, because its quite co live ary, and t ered various kinds of exg ry. Its quite natural t troory to someone else.

        Of course, I dont k I    only say ter all; despite ter e a number of novels so far, Ive almost ruly exg" is in my private life. No doubt I miging as a person living more ting a strange and mysterious person or being greatly siny. Some memory, I t tell you    is till makes me so sore. tement.    also    anyone e a strao ing novels and asked if I    declare to people t "Ive got so mucock of iing topiy ing, " to tion ;No." Definitely "No."    I could do is just fess ly t "My life eresting in its    not iing enougo e a novel about it."

        For all tumble upon people ory telling since a boy, and I often ask to tell tory as a subjey novel, but I just feel like listening to tales exist; some of tunning, moving, ily laugive is sometimes so eng as to make me fet to go to bed. It is true t "Fact is straion. " But it is not alrue t tement,    e a novel as stimulating as    be a er like Jack London (an Ameriovelist 1878-1916) eresting books from iful, extraordinary experiences, but judging from my knoional.

        te opinion, people are ined to be captured by tually ing tress o otries, ronger is tention to "e about a particular subje a particular ; t bees to start ing and to express myself. tress someation one feels o anot ically in o narrate my feeling of t fail incessantly to describe o betray me.

        to trary, te t sometiful in a trivial i from t    from t of ote to a different form and tell ot tanding muovelists.

        Any. I    uand    t "If I e my books based on my personal experiences, my readers er t 20 pages." In my case, less t is generally believed t ers create tance, ances around me suddenly started to bee restless and nervous. to keep a distance from me tionsil t time. At first I couldnt make out er talking to ticed to me for fear t I mig book. eve beeing along    I ention to e such kind of novels.

        Since I came to tates, Ive visited lots of uies and talked udents. Ive talked publicly before a large audieoo. But I feel more fortable yle. Sometimes after class, all of us    to a pub and enjoyed an open and frank versation lass of beer. In sucmospudents. Students, titude in teac relaxed and recover their eyes.

        tudents ied in Japaerature or Japanese, but for many of t time in to meet a . to knoic about a , for instance, ure a er is, e a oo. t-orieudents are keenly ied to kno ing a novel or bee a . Most typical questions asked by them are as follows:

        1.    did you    to e in your uy days?

        2.    novel?

        3.    do you t essential f novels?

        From my standpoint as a private er, I find it almost impossible to expand my case into ters and to teac "s are suc; or "to e a novel" or "You    bee a er in t; I also find it meanio suggest to t;correct" t. So I se example, saying t "In my case I am like t; Besides, tively "colorful" start-up example to tract t.

        In t;crete and colorful" o tudents , and I o notice t it self t made me a er. Sometimes I am deeply impressed by t t I could bee a er.

        udent, I ainly ting someted to e film sarios. Sarios first, and t ied in films. t is er ty, but I gave up ing sarios    didnt fit me. I did idea of o e or o e in terial nor any to e about. Sucart ing a script ( or anyt fact. But I liked to read film scripts any to t everyday, if not attending classes, and devoured all ts in t and in t tudent days noo younger people, o e somet "you need not force yourself to e somet." I     though.

        ted from aseda, got married, and started    is opposite. I married, started ed from uy.) Driven by totally fot my e someto clear off my debts, I o ill late at nig;a    for seven years. As my bar served t;stuffed cabbage" , for instance, I o cut a full bag of onions into tiny pieces every m. Still noo cut plenty of onions in a s time even    sears. My omatically and sly move as if to do it.

        "Do you kno tears?" I ask my students sometimes.

        "No," they say.

        "Finisting tears start dropping." A big laughter occurs.

        es to topic like tudents eyes. t migly because tory in tly because t of vague ay about ture: " kind of life course am I going to follo; " kind of possibility    I find t; I    uand tability about t position and ture. Around ty, I able as t    t;unstable" means. If a god appears o go back to ty again, I ;I appreciate your offer, but I am quite satisfied ; If you pardon me, I    to say frankly "to ies."

        t ting a novel knocked on me. No it more. It ernoon in spring and I    to see a baseball game bet Sfield blea    a double, I made a sudden resolution t "Nos time for me to start ing a novel." tarted to e a novel.

        ion to my students, all of tunned face. "t means a someto you?" "I dont taste of beer, ts got togetimulated somet; I explain. "All I needed ime and to identify myself. It doesnt o be a special experie doesnt matter t t a series of ordinary experiences. But to be t are embedding tudent, I couldnt find out o e despite tg someto discover ting, I guess." "If you    goo tadium on t April afternoon, you    be a er no;

        ";

        I really mean it; "; If I    been in tadium t afternoon, I mig ing any novels. But as a matter of fact, I y outfield bleacadium on t spring afternoon - yes tadium y in t    a beautiful double into left field, I came to e my first book "; It mig;extraordinary" i in my life.

        "Mr. Murakami, do you t;

        "I ; t is t;But I imagine somet exactly to anybody else. tance of revelation must sometime visit you ed to eac least, dont you t is sure to e?"

        Anye a feitled "All I Really o Knoen" became a big bestseller ;All I o kno; I acquired various kno t I attended, but frankly speaking, t ing a novel. I aining t tion is meaningless, but I rarely met a situation    my s    "If you dont    udied er ;    s be rig still I t uand s because after groted t "I sudied ; It is my ties t taugrut erally engaged in per day. I spent every day in my ties ely o pay my debts every mont t anytried. But as a result, t kind of . Labor    teae and my "true uy."

        For instance, managing a bar, I    of ers every day, and not everybody necessarily likes my plaore accurately, just a fe strao say, you    mao carry on your business if one or tomers out of ten really like your plad if to "drop by t; Sometimes you    ter result en really love your place rat, or nine ers merely feel t "it is not bad." to me,    it doesnt matter so long as one or tuitively uand    to express. It became an invaluable lesson to me. it t migo live as a    and some malicious ents on my book migurbed my o temporary ers in Japan; ;Almost transparent Blue" in 1976 ed Akutagaers),    "You are really great,    mad by not being praised by all of ten critics." But , on trary, impresses me because it certainly sounds like himself.

        ting of myself - it isnt even ing of, Im not a person to t rato do so by actually moving my body. I am a person    is because I used to make my living by making use of my body from m till nig is everyt to me. ter of mine sometimes makes me feel out of pla "terature." Partly t;out of place" migo go abroad and live a do    my favorite jogging and swimming may he same in.

        About ing a novel, I    noto "teay students. "All you o do is live actually. If you really om of your    to e someto express yourself to somebody else, time is sure to e e t t you t e anytil t time you carefully tio pile up your daily experiences one by one as if to lay bricks oer anot; I say, and tudent responds t "I    do it, too,"    asks " sime doesnt e to me?" Some giggle. In suce,    any ation, I quote a vocal teac;Citizen Kane"; "Some people    sing, ot"

        ers    novel, and I said to all t "My first book Ive tely ers," none of tead, t I ill    about t t Im called a . In t from a .

        Auffed cabbage, no life and I t our life is very o explain, ing experiences" or not.
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