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Meaning
The speaker is reflecting on a past period that felt unusual and unsettling in hindsight. The quote contrasts ordinary life with a constant awareness of death, suggesting that mortality shaped everything happening around them.
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Source
Norwegian Wood (2011)
Original Language & Translation
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Did They Really Say It?
The phrase appears in the book "Norwegian Wood (2011)" by Haruki Murakami (Google Books snippet); no earlier source was checked.
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About Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer
Haruki Murakami is a Japanese writer known for his novels, essays, and short stories. His work has reached readers in Japan and far beyond, and he has received many major literary awards. Murakami’s books have been best-sellers, with translations in 50 languages and millions of copies sold outside Japan. His honors include the Gunzo Prize for New Writers, the World Fantasy Award, the Tanizaki Prize, the Yomiuri Prize for Literature, the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, the Noma Literary Prize, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Kiriyama Prize for Fiction, the Goodreads Choice Awards for Best Fiction, the Jerusalem Prize, and the Princess of Asturias Awards.
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