12 Problems Only Haruki Murakami Fans Will Understand
3. Admiring People's Ears
I guess I was kind of into ears back then. Yeah, that must be it.
This was the response to a Harvard student who asked Murakami why he described a woman's ears in such immense detail in A Wild Sheep Chase. Seriously, there are whole paragraphs dedicated to the amazing awe-inspiring beauty of ears and now fans are kind of into ears, too. The protagonist's obsession with ears in A Wild Sheep Chase is just one of the many details that contribute to the book's surreal tone. It's something to come out of a book having learned a lesson about life it's another to have gained a new-found appreciation for ears.