Book One Chapter 20: 天吾：気の毒なギリアーク人Haruki Murakami's 1Q84

This story contains themes of an adult and/or sensitive nature, including cults, sex, murder, and sexual abuse of children, both mentioned, and graphic (though not until Book 2, in the latter case).

Our character's journey so far.

I’m a bit behind, so nothing to see here, folks!

第２０章：天吾：気の毒なギリアーク人

Let’s end with a rough translation of the title:

Chapter 18: Tengo: The regrettable Giriark People. （I have no idea who these people are！

Now, poll time:

I’m reading along
I’m still reading book, but I haven’t reached this part yet
I’ve finished this part
I’m no longer reading the book

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Belerith · March 31, 2021, 7:48pm

While this chapter didn’t make things any clearer, it also didn’t make them weirder. I’ll call that a win!

The hardest parts for me this chapter, language wise, were that other story. It makes sense since it’s not the style I got used to over 500+ pages, but… In any case it was also pretty interesting!

I’d never heard of them either!

Belerith · April 21, 2021, 6:32pm

I think ‘pitiable’ might be a better fit in this case.