Chapter 20 The Seven Deadly Sins of Haruki Murakami

I don’t know when Haruki Murakami has become synonymous with petty bourgeoisie. I read his book for the first time in 1997. After turning a few pages, I was shocked. There was a person named Muyue in this book. The show is also called Muyue, and this guy committed suicide in the end, which made me unlucky for several days. I made up my mind to change my name back sooner or later, and never touched this guy's things casually since then.And under the instigation of an inexplicable dark psychology, I started to find out the fault of Haruki Murakami. This is a bad habit of mine, and I have never changed it. In the end, I insisted on finding out the seven deadly sins for Haruki Murakami.

Everyone has watched "Seven Deadly Sins", yes, those who can listen to the radio are either those who dare not watch it, or those who are brave enough not to be scared to death, and those who are timid still want to watch it, basically when the inspector pulls the bed sheet and hears the cough Time was carried away.Gluttony, greed, laziness, lust, pride, jealousy and anger, "Seven Deadly Sins" comes from Dante's Divine Comedy, and the little bourgeois Haruki Murakami has all of them. I really don't know how to deal with him when he is handed over to Kevin Spacey. Haruki Murakami is definitely a good guy.

If it wasn't delicious, why would there be names of all kinds of food scattered in his novels, essays and essays?And why does he often take the trouble to write down all the content of his protagonist's three meals a day and the occasional take-away supper like a dedicated waiter transcribing an order menu?Reading Haruki Murakami's books, there are always some people who can't bear the impulse and want to imitate his characters, eat and drink something, even if it's just a cup of coffee.They feel that through the food mentioned in the novel, they can perceive the life of the characters in the book, a quality life, and these foods also reflect the taste of the author and the readers.Moreover, this Haruki Murakami not only eats through his own mouth, but also teaches others to cook. It is said that some people really learned to cook from his novels, especially pasta.

Here's what Murakami does for pasta: start with how to cook pasta in his novel The Year of Pasta. The "me" in "The Year of Pasta" imagines himself cooking pasta this way: "I gently slide the whole handful of spaghetti into the boiling water, sprinkle with the salt of the fantasy, and set the timer of the fantasy to 15 minutes." The process is very clear, the noodles will be boiled, and there will be no delicious food Toppings and sauces are too boring to eat.Don't worry, take it out from the shelf again.Please find this text: "Thickly chop two cloves of garlic and sauté in olive oil. Tilt the pan to allow the oil to drain to one side and sauté for a long time at a simmer. Then put the red pepper whole in the oil, along with the garlic Stir-fried together" looks like a recipe, Haruki Murakami did not forget to remind you to take out the garlic and chili after frying until fragrant, so as not to burn it and have a bitter taste.Then he wrote: "Then cut the ham and fry it until the ham is almost crisp." Then it can be used to mix with the freshly cooked pasta, and finally don't forget to "sprinkle lightly" on the surface. Next a handful of rinsed and drained parsley" and the simple sauce is done.

This is the pasta of the overeating Haruki Murakami! When eating, don't forget to eat it with the dishes that Haruki Murakami often paired with the hero in the book, such as tomato, mozzarella cheese, and salad, for a better taste.Alright, wipe your drool off, the petty bourgeoisie have already eaten up this dish, and you are late again. Haruki Murakami is an extremely fetishist.Sometimes, I feel that music is not the so-called spirit in Murakami's novels, but actually a solid substance.Murakami was born in 1949. In terms of memory, this guy has 50 years of capitalist history to recall, but in his novels he just stagnates youth, he magnifies youth infinitely, and then magnifies material life The youth in the film is absolutely standardized.Just like his classic passage: "On a clear morning in April, I passed a 100% girl in the back street of Harajuku. The street was going west to east, and the girl was going from east to west along the same street to buy express postage stamps. The two just missed each other in the middle of the road. The faint light of the lost memory instantly illuminated the two hearts. The chests of the two suddenly trembled. , and learned: She's 100 percent girl to me. He's 100 percent boy to me."

Murakami uses symbolic words and extremely materialistic voices to retain what he has been unable to grasp. He wants to be young forever, but he also knows the helplessness and confusion of youth, and there is no shortcut to spiritual growth. He left, so he was like a doctor who came back to primary school, satisfying his greed for youth with his indifference. In 1975, a jazz bar called "Peter Cat" opened on the basement level of the south exit of Kokubunji Station in Tokyo.Its hostess is called Yoko, and the boss is Haruki Murakami who was still in school at the time.The reason why it is called "Peter Cat" may be because Murakami really has a cat named Peter; and the reason why it is a jazz bar is because its owner is a pure Jazz fan.

Although Murakami was in college at the time, he seldom attended lectures. This must be a role model for many of you.He spends his time listening to music and going to bars.Because of his early marriage, he felt the need to find a job.Because he was studying drama, he chose a TV station at first, but he lost interest before the other party got news.What he likes is freedom and self-sufficiency.So it was natural to choose to open a small shop, especially a jazz bar. Of course, this guy is not always lazy. He is not interested in doing business, but he never tires of going out to play. You can even say that Haruki Murakami’s writing is inseparable from travel. For example, he once spent 3 years overseas often I just don’t want to go back to Japan when I’m here to play. In fact, it’s the same for everyone. It’s just playing wild.However, he actually completed his work in these 3 years.Some of us also like to play, and some of them talk to their listeners all day long about Lijiang Yunyun and Tibet Yunyun.

Murakami left Japan for the first time in 1983, when he was 34 years old. Guess where did the owner of this small bar go?Run to Greece to run a marathon.The following year he went to the United States for the first time and stayed for 6 weeks.In the next few years, he went to Italy, Greece, Turkey, Mongolia, the Soviet Union, Iran, and even went to Iraq many times.He also spent 31 days on an uninhabited desert island with his photographer partner Eizo Matsumura.It is said that after returning, Eizo Matsumura would vomit when he saw spaghetti. The ancestors said that food and sex are also sexual. Although bourgeois can make all the details before making the most interesting and elegant, they are still not the same as us rough people in the end.Of course, Murakami is not exempt. He will write this, but it is really not addictive. His description is so objective and calm that you just start to sweat when the soles of your feet get hot. There is no sensory rendering. I am afraid that people will not know that he is pure. Erotica.There is no silver 22 taels here.

In his books, though, this lust runs so deep that for Murakami and his characters, the authenticity and purity of life may always be a problem.No matter which book you read, you are always brought to these questions at once by him.All his characters live ordinary lives in an ordinary physical world.But all seem to hide some serious dilemma behind the ordinary mask.This dilemma is always manifested in the constant recollection, the constant search, the constant possession and the constant loss.This kind of intention is often felt vaguely and wetly when I wake up in the morning before I was 22 years old.

There is another strange saying of the ancestors - long hair but short knowledge.I don’t know how Haruki Murakami listened to this strange statement. He just wanted to prove that he was great and began to lose his hair at the age of 20. However, he never admitted that he was bald. He just thought that his hair was thinner, and he was proud of it. I guess these quasi-bourgeois under the tree today don't know that their idol is bald, because I haven't seen a person smoking a cigar in front of Starbucks and watching Harper's fashion so far.I think petty bourgeoisie also have difficulties, listening to jazz and drinking coffee can be learned, hair loss is not easy to learn.

The first time Murakami lost his hair was around the age of 20, and the other time was when he was 40. It seems that the third time Murakami's "slightly bald" is about to strike.He is 53 years old this year, and the next time is coming soon. Whenever concentrated hair loss occurs, Murakami will pay attention to collecting his "beautiful hair" when taking a shower and washing his hair. When he sees "love hair" all over the floor, he will be proud.He said that both times were at the turning point of his life. He believes that life is very balanced and equal, "every gain must be lost". The 1960s was the youthful years of Haruki Murakami.American music was the central trend of that era.Murakami later recalled that he was also that "kid of the 1960s".He entered middle school in 1961 and went to university in 1976. After that, like most people, he greeted his 20 years old amidst the excitement.For most "kids of the '60s," the music of the Beatles was unheard of before then.They are intoxicated by it, and feel the impact of awakening with the fierce swing of its melody.For them, the Beatles' music not only has affinity, but also exists in extremes.On the other hand, it was Bob Dylan who was able to catch up with the trend of the times at that time.Bob Dylan had eyes that were quiet but passionate.When Bob Dylan debuted in New York, it was the early 1960s.At that time, the world was quietly shrouded in a huge shadow, and the United States was starting to burn fiercely, releasing too much energy around it, and the young people of this era were "coming soon" Grasping the pulse of the great era.That was also the year when 21-year-old Bob Dylan created Gone with the Wind.Kennedy was assassinated the following year, and the Vietnam War broke out in 1965. The Beatles sold 200 million records in the United States for a while.Murakami was obsessed with their music. At that time, he was also 20 years old and a student of Waseda University. He joined the "National United Struggle Movement" and participated in the "Dare to Reject" movement, facing the storm.In that era of singing "Gone with the Wind" like a hymn.Murakami would be present at nearly every anti-war rally on a college campus.He's an angry and restless guy.Today, many petty bourgeoisie look down on cynic youths, and after a long time, your idols were also from cynic youths. I have counted Murakami's six major crimes here, I know someone must scold me, just scold me, just like in that movie, let me help Murakami complete the last crime, I know you will say I am jealous !