The number nine (9) in Japanese 九
is pronounced “Q”; and, the reference is to George Orwell, “1984”.
| Chapter | |
| “Title”. | |
| 1.. | Aomame DON’T LET APPEARANCES FOOL YOU. |
| 2.. | Tengo SOMETHING ELSE IN MIND. |
| 3.. | Aomame SOME CHANGED FACTS. |
| 4.. | Tengo IF THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. |
| 5.. | Aomama A PROFESSION REQUIRING SPECIALIZED TECHNIQUES AND TRAINING. |
| 6.. | Tengo DOES THIS MEAN WE’RE GOING PRETTY FAR FROM THE CITY. |
| 7.. | Aomame QUIETLY, SO AS NOT TO WAKE THE BUTTERFLY. |
| 8.. | Tengo MEETING NEW PEOPLE IN NEW PLACES. |
| 9.. | Aomame NEW SCENERY, NEW RULES. |
| 10.. | Tengo A REAL REVOLUTION WITH REAL BLOODSHED. |
| 11.. | Aomame THE HUMAN BODY IS A TEMPLE. |
| 12.. | Tengo THY KINGDOM COME. |
| 13.. | Aomame A BORN VICTIM. |
| 14.. | Tengo THINGS THAT MOST READERS HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. |
| 15.. | Aomame FIRMLY LIKE ATTACHING AN ANCHOR TO A BALLOON. |
| 16.. | Tengo I’M GLAD YOU LIKED IT. |
| 17.. | Aomame WHETHER WE ARE HAPPY OR UNHAPPY. |
| 18.. | Tengo NO LONGER ANY PLACE FOR A BIG BROTHER. |
| 19.. | Aomame WOMEN SHARING A SECRET. |
| 20.. | Tengo THE POOR GILYAKS. |
| 21.. | Aomame NO MATTER HOW FAR AWAY I TRY TO. |
| 22.. | Tengo THAT TIME COULD TAKE ON DEFORMED SHAPES AS IT MOVED AHEAD. |
| 23.. | Aomame THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF SOMETHING. |
| 24.. | Tengo WHATS THE POINT OF ITS BEING A WORLD THAT IS’NT HERE ? |
| Book II. | |
| 1.. | Aomame IT WAS THE MOST BORING TOWN IN THE WORLD. |
| 2.. | Tengo I DON’T HAVE A THING EXCEPT MY SOUL. |
| 3.. | Aomame YOU CAN’T CHOOSE HOW YOU’RE BORN, BUT YOU CAN CHOOSE HOW YOU DIE. |
| 4.. | Tengo IT MIGHT BE BETTER NOT TO WISH FOR SUCH A THING. |
| 5.. | Aomame THE VEGETARIAN CAT MEETS UP WITH THE RAT. |
| 6.. | Tengo WE HAVE VERY LONG ARMS. |
| 7.. | Aomame WHERE YOU ARE ABOUT TO SET FOOT. |
| 8.. | Tengo TIME FOR THE CATS TO COME. |
| 9.. | Aomame WHAT COMES AS A PAYMENT FOR HEAVENLY GRACE. |
| 10.. | Tengo YOU HAVE DECLINED OUR OFFER. |
| 11.. | Aomame BALANCE ITSELF IS THE GOOD. |
| 12.. | Tengo MORE THAN I COULD COUNT ON MY FINGERS. |
| 13.. | Aomame WITHOUT YOUR LOVE. |
| 14.. | Tengo A PACKAGE IN HIS HANDS. |
| 15.. | Aomame TIME NOW FOR GHOSTS. |
| 16.. | Tengo LIKE A GHOST SHIP. |
| 17.. | Aomame PULL THE RAT OUT. |
| 18.. | Tengo THAT LONELY, TACITURN SATELLITE. |
| 19.. | Aomame WHEN THE DOHTA WAKES UP. |
| 20.. | Tengo THE WALRUS AND THE MAD HATTER. |
| 21.. | Aomame WHAT SHOULD I DO? |
| 22.. | Tengo AS LONG AS THERE ARE TWO MOONS IN THE SKY. |
| 23.. | Aomame PUT A TIGER IN YOUR TANK. |
| 24.. | Tengo AS LONG AS THIS WARMTH REMAINS. |
| Book III. | |
| 1.. | Ushikawa SOMETHING KICKING AT THE FAR EDGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS. |
| 2.. | Aomame ALONE, BUT NOT LONELY. |
| 3.. | Tengo THE ANIMALS ALL WORE CLOTHES. |
| 4.. | Ushikawa OCCAM’S RAZOR. |
| 5.. | Aomame NO MATTER HOW LONG YOU KEEP QUIET. |
| 6.. | Tengo BY THE PRICKING OF MY THUMBS. |
| 7.. | Ushikawa I’M HEADING YOUR WAY. |
| 8.. | Aomame NOT SUCH A BAD DOOR. |
| 9.. | Tengo BEFORE THE EXIT IS BLOCKED. |
| 10.. | Ushikawa GATHERING SOLID LEADS. |
| 11.. | Aomame A SERIOUS SHORTAGE OF BOTH LOGIC AND KINDNESS. |
| 12.. | Tengo THE RULES OF THE WORLD ARE LOOSENING UP |
| 13.. | Ushikawa IS THIS WHAT THEY MEAN BY BACK TO SQUARE ONE. |
| 14.. | Aomame THIS LITTLE ONE OF MINE. |
| 15.. | Tengo NOT SOMETHING HE’S ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT. |
| 16.. | Ushikawa A CAPABLE, PATIENT, UNFEELING MACHINE. |
| 17.. | Aomame I ONLY HAVE ONE PAIR OF EYES. |
| 18.. | Tengo WHEN YOU PRICK A PERSON WITH A NEEDLE, RED BLOOD COMES OUT. |
| 19.. | Ushikawa WHAT HE CAN DO THAT MOST PEOPLE CAN’T. |
| 20.. | Aomame ONE ASPECT OF MY TRANSFORMATION. |
| 21.. | Tengo SOMEWHERE INSIDE HIS HEAD. |
| 22.. | Ushikawa THOSE EYES LOOKED RATHER FULL OF PITY. |
| 23.. | Aomame THE LIGHT WAS DEFINITELY THERE. |
| 24.. | Tengo LEAVING THE CAT TOWN. |
| 25.. | Ushikawa COLD OR NOT, GOD IS PRESENT. |
| 26.. | Aomame VERY ROMANTIC. |
| 27.. | Tengo THE WHOLE WORLD MAY NOT BE ENOUGH. |
| 28.. | Ushikawa AND A PART OF HIS SOUL. |
| 29.. | Aomame I’LL NEVER LET GO OF YOUR HAND AGAIN. |
| 30.. | Tengo IF I’M NOT MISTAKEN. |
| 31.. | Tengo & Aomame LIKE A PEA IN A POD. |
Here I presented: Haruki Murakami 村上 春樹, “1Q84”, a novel published in the year 2009.
SUMMARY.
“1Q84” is a novel by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami 村上 春樹, it covers a fictional year of 1984 in parallel with a “real” one. The novel is the story of female protagonist Aomame; a woman who begins to notice changes occurring in the world. Tengo is the childhood love of Aomame; and Mr. Ushikawa competes with Tengo in a “love-triangle” for Aomame.
Aomame is caught up in a plot involving the religious cult “Sakigake“. The plot is Aomame and Tengo embarking on a journey to discover the truth of what is “real”.
George Orwell, “Nineteen Eighty Four (1984)”, was the topic of an earlier blog post.
