Haruki Murakami Lover

"Sputnik Lovers" is a novel published by the famous Japanese writer Haruki Murakami in April 1999 by Kodansha. It describes a young woman who is addicted to writing and accompanies a man who "falls in love with Sputnik". "This is the story of a woman 17 years older than her who traveled to Europe and then mysteriously disappeared on a small Greek island.

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Jiny

Jiny’s name means violet. It is the name of her mother who died when she was three years old. According to Mozart’s From "Violet". Wanted to be a professional writer but never completed a complete work. Two years after being disillusioned with college and dropping out. At her cousin's wedding party, she met Min, a married woman who was 17 years older than her, and fell in love for the first time at the age of twenty. Afterwards, she accepted Min's offer to help manage Min's office and traveled to Europe with Min as his secretary. Sumire has sexual impulses towards Min, but Min can't do anything because of "the incident fourteen years ago". So on a Greek island, Sumire disappeared.

Min (or translated as Miaomiao)

Min is a Korean born in Japan and inherited his father's trading company. One evening fourteen years ago, Min was riding an aerial vehicle alone in a small Swiss town. Just as the carriage she was riding in began to descend from the top, the aerial vehicle suddenly stopped moving. While waiting for rescue, she used binoculars to search for her home, but was surprised to see herself having sex with a man she had no impression of, losing consciousness and suffering a lot of bruises. Overnight, all her hair turned white, and not just the black hair, half of her, or another self, including her sexuality and menstruation, was gone.

"I" (K)

Replace the description with K in the article. "I" grew up in an ordinary family. After graduating from college, I didn't want to be a scholar or struggle in an ordinary company, so I became a primary school teacher. While in college, he fell in love with Sumire, who was two grades below him. Sumire is only willing to show the original manuscript of her work to "me", but no matter what, she only likes "me" and has no sexual desire. After Sumire disappeared, "I" received a call from Min from a Greek island, so I rushed to Greece to help search for Sumire but to no avail. After returning to Japan, the phone rang one day and Sumire said that she was back. And wanted to see "me" very much.