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Loading... Welcome to the NHK (Novel) (original 2002; edition 2007)by Tatsuhiko Takimoto
Work InformationWelcome to the N.H.K. by Tatsuhiko Takimoto (2002)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. "We're people, so it's painful." The subjects of this book weren’t really joyful, still I wouldn’t say the atmosphere was gloomy, so it wasn’t one of those books you shouldn’t be reading if you’re depressed because it could make you even more depressed. In fact, it could even give you some insight on your situation (or rather, on life in general). "Who in the world are we, anyway? If I could answer that question, maybe our destination would change." I don’t think the characters really come to terms with that question, they seem more interested in how to survive it, which is what makes them look more real than ever: their feelings are raw and sharp, when they’re suffering, they’re stuck and there’s nowhere else to go. At first, the ending left me somewhat unsatisfied, and I realized it would have been interesting to read Misaki’s POV, but I know now that this wasn’t the point of the book. The point was: how on earth, among all the suffering and the despair, can you make the word “hope” not look so empty? Well, you can dwell in drug-induced epiphanies, you can obsess over the creation of an erotic RPG, or you can find relief in another person. But what if that other person is hurting more than you? Well, I guess that when you’re lost, even their despair would look like a good enough anchor. So if you don’t know where you’re going, at least now you know where to start. no reviews | add a review
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Twenty-two-year-old Satou, an unemployed, reclusive conspiracy theorist living in Tokyo, meets a mysterious girl who tries to cure him of his antisocial, or "hikikomori," ways. No library descriptions found. |
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"Be', e va bene, lasciamo perdere. Allora mettiamola cosi': tu quali capacita' hai?"
"In che senso capacita'?"
"Sai disegnare, comporre musica, oppure usare qualche formidabile programma informatico? Qualcosa?"
"Io... non so fare niente. A volerne proprio trovare una, so stare per un anno intero senza vedere nessuno..." (p. 69)
"Non e' una bugia. Io sono il piu' forte hikikomori del mondo. Posso vivere benissimo da solo. E non sta affatto male. Percio', smettila anche di appoggiarti agli altri. Perche' in fin dei conti ognuno di noi e' solo. E stare da soli e' la cosa migliore. Cioe', lo sai anche tu, no? Alla fine restiamo sempre e comunque da soli. E' una cosa naturale. Ed e' stando cosi'che non ci puo' succedere niente di male. Per questo mi chiudo in casa. Si', nel mio monolocale da sei tatami..." (p. 210)
Con tutte le forze che ho mi daro' la spinta con le braccia, faro' un passo lungo con il piede destro... e poi mi tuffero'. Per la prima volta nella mia vita riusciro' a fuggire. Evadero' dalla stanza da sei tatami e dopo essermi sollevato sempre piu' in alto, scappero' via verso il cielo infinito. Un salto, un volo. (p. 243)
Una nippo-young-adult versione di Il mondo di Sofia di Jostein Gaarder. ( )