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I am dumbstruck by something Tengo says he felt about story as he grew into adolescence, that feels as if it is something I have said, somewhere in a foreign land. Certainly it is something I know from a place I cannot name. It is a signpost.
"The role of a story was, in the broadest terms, to transpose a single problem into another form. Depending on the nature and direction of the problem, a solution could be suggested in the narrative....it was like a piece of paper bearing the indecipherable text of a magic spell..."
Please read 1Q84 so we can discuss it. I do believe it has a magic. I do believe story can transport us, transform us and change us for the better.
If you are in Los Angeles, go to BOOK SOUP for it:
http://www.booksoup.com/
Edinburgh?:
http://www.edinburghbookshop.com/
Or better yet, the yelp lets you choose your own
http://www.yelp.co.uk/search?cflt=bookstores&find_loc=Edinburgh
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