Recommendations for the month of June
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This book, written by innovative Japanese author Haruki Murakami, has his characteristic quirks and dream like sequences, but it also beautifully portrays the complexity of love triangles, friendship, and life in Tokyo. A must read. Don't miss the meditation on cold cucumbers in the refrigerator. Sputnik Sweetheart (Harvill Press; 2003) -- Haruki Murakami This is Brenda's favorite Japanese alternative/ folk singer, Miwa Sasagawa. She has a beautiful voice and lovely lyrical quality.Miwa Sasagawa - Jijitsu (Reality) This movie offers a fantastic view of central Tokyo, and concerns the meeting of two lost souls in a country where they don't speak the language or understand the culture. Charlotte, a young newly married woman, struggles with her sense of self and feelings of being in-between life. Bob, a has-been actor played by Bill Murray, has been married for 20 some years and is struggling with a mid-life crisis. They meet and form a connection based on their mutual isolation both from their ordinary lives and life in Japan.Lost in Translation
[Lost in Translation- after a long speech in Japanese]
Ms. Kawasaki: He want you to turn and look in camera. Okay?
Bob: Is that all he said?"


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