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murakami, haruki - Norwegian wood

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"No, I guess not. It's complicated, and I, kind of, don't think I could<br />

explain it very well."<br />

"That's OK. You don't have to explain anything," said Midori. "But do<br />

you mind if I tell you what I imagine is going on?"<br />

"No, go ahead. I suspect anything you'd imagine would have to be<br />

interesting."<br />

"I think she's a married woman."<br />

"You do?"<br />

"Yeah, she's thirty-two or -three and she's rich and beautiful and she<br />

wears fur coats and Charles Jourdan shoes and silk underwear and<br />

she's hungry for sex and she likes to do really yucky things. The two<br />

of you meet on weekday afternoons and devour each other's bodies.<br />

But her husband's home on Sundays, so she can't see you. Am I<br />

right?"<br />

"Very, very interesting."<br />

"She has you tie her up and blindfold her and lick every square inch of<br />

her body. Then she makes you put weird things inside her and she gets<br />

into these incredible positions like a contortionist and you take<br />

pictures of her with a Polaroid camera."<br />

"Sounds like fun."<br />

"She's dying for it all the time, so she does everything she can think<br />

of. And she thinks about it every day. She's got nothing but free time,<br />

so she's always planning: Hmm, next time Watanabe comes, we'll do<br />

this, or we'll do that. You get in bed and she goes crazy, trying all<br />

these positions and coming three times in each one. And she says to<br />

you, "Don't I have a sensational body? You can't be satisfied with<br />

young girls any more. Young girls won't do this for you, will they? Or<br />

this. Feel good? But don't come yet!"'<br />

"You've watched too many porno movies," I said with a laugh.<br />

"You think so? I was kind of worried about that. But I love<br />

porn films. Take me to one next time, OK?"<br />

"Fine," I said. "Next time you're free."<br />

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