FOUND IN TRANSLATION?
If I didn't already have too many blogs going, I might start my own
Bibliolatrist. Instead, this post will just have to go here:
From comments on this board and others, a few of you know that I'm reading Haruki Murakami's 1989 novel,
"A Wild Sheep Chase." On page 249 of the Vintage paperback, Murakami writes:
I warded off boredom by looking at each new billboard, noting the sharp, urban appeal. A terrifically tanned girl in a bikini pursed her lips over a Coke, a middle-aged character actor wrinkled his brow at a tilted glass of Scotch, a diver's watch lavishly splashed with water, a model in the idst of a slick, sophisticated interior, doing her nails. The new pioneers of advertising were carving a mean streak deep into the country.
Say, does that remind you of a
popular film starring Bill Murray? Sadly, Google is
inconclusive as to whether or not Murakami was indeed the inspiration for Sofia Coppola's Oscar-winning screenplay. But I think I'm onto something here.
P.S. While I have both the book and Blogger open, I may as well quote the end of Part Seven, which made me laugh:
We finished our packing and had intercourse, then went out and saw a movie. In the movie there were a lot of men and women having intercourse too. Nothing wrong with watching others having intercourse, after all.
posted by WWB at 3:12 PM |
