Functional Addict: Eri is a compulsive pill-popper and Mari says that she's been like that since she was a teenager and shows absolutely no signs of slowing down.Mari says that that was the last time she felt truly inseparable from her sister. The lights went off and the two children were stuck in darkness, Eri holding her younger sister in a death-hug and trying to comfort her. Elevator Failure: When Mari was in Kindergarten, an earthquake caused the elevator she rode with Eri to stop.Double Take: Done by the narration when Eri disappears from her room.Dark and Troubled Past: Korogi has painful-looking scars on her back and tells Mari that there are people chasing her who will do much worse than that if she's ever caught.Also, Takahashi started to play the trombone because of a single jazz piece. Jazz musicians, music and songs are referenced throughout the entire novel.
Mari was supposed to spend her entire night (and early morning) reading at a Denny's restaurant.
It tells the story of five characters: Mari, a nineteen-year-old girl Takahashi, a trombone-player at an all-night practice session Eri, Mari's sister who is in a deep sleep a Chinese prostitute who has been beaten up in a Love Hotel and a salaryman working late on a software project. It was published in 2004.Īfter Dark takes place in Tokyo, from midnight until dawn. After Dark is a novel by Haruki Murakami.
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