##從《且聽風吟》讀到《挪威的森林》再到《國境以南太陽以西》，村上春樹刻畫的主人公們就好像從青春期的自我突然開始膨脹，到漸漸諳熟世事，到走過來之後迴頭看看自己心裏依舊孤獨著的地方。 　　論寫被無盡的孤獨包圍的疏離感，感覺最好的還是《且聽風吟》。薄薄的一本書...  

##“I always feel like I’m struggling to become someone else. Like I’m trying to find a new place, grab hold of a new life, a new personality. I guess it’s part of growing up, yet it’s also an attempt to reinvent myself. By becoming a different me, I could free myself of everything. I seriously believed I could escape myself- as long as I made the effort. But I always hit a dead end. No matter where I go, I still end up me. What’s missing never changes. The scenery may change, but I’m still the same old incomplete person. The same missing elements torture me with a hunger that I can never satisfy. I guess that lack itself is as close as I’ll come to define myself. For your sake, I’d like to become a new person. It may not be easy, but if I give it my best shot, perhaps I can manage to change. The truth is, though, if put in the same situation again, I might very well do the same thing all over. I might very well hurt you all over again. I can’t promise anything. That’s what I meant when I said I had no right. I just don’t have the confidence to win over that force in me.” — Haruki Murakami; South of the Border, West of the Sun

##如果改成一個sensational一點的書名的話，《中年男子齣軌迷情記》挺閤適

##中文（林少華譯本）跟英文的風格完全不一樣。