Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami / 노르웨이의 숲, 상실의 시대 - 무라카미 하루키
고등학교 때 일본 소설에 빠져있던 때가 있었다.
무라카미 하루키를 비롯하여, 에쿠니 가오리, 요시모토 바나나 등 서정적인 일본 작가들의 책을 A to Z 까지 다 읽고, 영화로 제작된 작품이면 영화까지 찾아보곤 했었다. 영화화된 작품들이 꽤 있었던걸 보면, 나만 빠졌던게 아니라, 그때의 정서가 그랬나보다.
고등학교 때 이 책을 처음 읽고나서 '상실의 시대'는 내 최애 작품이다! 라고 줄곧 생각했었는데, 시간이 지나면서 책 내용은 까먹고, "내 최애 작품이다" 라는 것만 기억하게 됐다ㅋㅋ
내가 최고의 책이라고 성화를 부린 덕분에, 책을 사서 읽어본 친구가 영문책으로 읽었길래 빌려달라고 해서
이번에 거의 한 10년 만에 다시 읽어본 책.
영문버전이라 읽는 속도가 더뎌져서 책 내용이 더욱 더 잔잔하게 느껴진 것 같고, 영어로 읽어도 뭔가 먹먹한, 상실한 듯한 느낌은 크게 다가왔다.
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Norwegian Wood. The melody never failed to send a shudder through me, but this time it hit me harder than ever.
It was deep beyond measuring, and crammed full of darkness, as if all the world's darknesses had been boiled down to their ultimate density.
I guess it's all a matter of attitude. You could let a lot o things bother you if you wanted to - the rules, the jerks who think they're hot shit, the roommates doing Radio Calisthenics at six-thirty in the morning. But if you figure it's pretty much the same anywhere you go, you can manage.
This is my third time though. Every time I find something new that I like even more than the last time.
Nagasawa had a certain inborn quality that drew people to him and made them follow him. His greatest virtue was his honesty. Not only would he never lie, he would always acknowledge his shortcomings. He never tried to hide things that might embarrass him. And where I was concerned, he was unfailingly kind and supportive.
I'd like to have a good, long talk with you once you've calmed down.
Something inside me had dropped away, and nothing came in to fill the cavern. There was an abnormal lightness to my body, and sounds had a hollow echo to them.
Nobody likes being alone that much. I don't go out of my way to make friends, that's all. It just leads to disappointment.
If we hadn't met then and there, we would have met somewhere else sometime. I didn't have any basis for thinking this" it was just a feeling.
My parents are absolutely ordinary working people, not rich, not poor.
True, it was not a big store, but neither was it as small as Midori's description had let me to imagine.
You can always make up something harmless.
I wouldn't go to that much trouble.
And if it didn't dry right, I had a tragedy to deal with.
You will not lie, you will not gloss over anything, you will not cover up anything that might prove embarrassing for you. That's all there is to it.
Some of them were pleasant, but others carried a trace of sadness.
I felt a twinge of loneliness mixed with jealousy.
That had happened only six months earlier, but it felt like something from a much remoter past. Maybe it felt that way because I had thought about it so often-too often, to the point where it had distorted my sense of time.
As the three of us sat facing the candle amid these hushed surroundings, it began to seem as if we were the only ones left on some far edge of the world.
If a screw comes loose, he'll notice right away, and with tremendous care and patience he'll fix it, he'll tighten the screw again, put all the jumbled threads back in place. If we have that sense of trust, our sickness stays away. No more snap.
She had clear, sharp opinions and a natural gift for captivating the other person.
When I opened my eyes, I felt as if I were seeing the continuation of my dream.
The sky was a fresh-swept blue, with only a trace of white cloud clinging to the dome of heaven like a thin steak of test paint.
We concentrated on walking, with hardly a word among us.
Having a tough time?
Will you do me a favor and stop saying 'of course'?
She was the best big sister anyone could ask for.
A spring bear.
These things came in waves.
I'm an inborn optimist.
It's your responsibility, so you do it. And do it right.
I'd like to borrow these if you don't mind.
Feel free.
Don't feel sorry for yourself.
Hard as it may be, you have to be strong.
I want you to forget all about that sad little funeral you saw. Just remember this marvelous one of ours.
subdued: sad, depressed
But my hunches are usually right. - 내 예감은 항상 적중한다. 촉이 좋다?
School is boring, but as a matter of self-discipline, I'm going to all my classes and doing all the assignments.
While not exactly fun, the lectures in his courses were always well prepared and worthwhile.
With a degree of politeness.
Can you spare the time?
I didn't mean to pry.
swindle: defraud, 속이는 것
solemn: serious, dignified
bristly: spiky 한 느낌
flecked: 작은 조각이 흩뿌려진
reverence: deep respect for someone
horrendous: horrible
impregnated: infused
morgue: 시체 보관해두는 곳..?
ostentatious: showy, pretentious
communal: shared, joint 커뮤니티 공동의
calisthenics: 맨손체조 같은.. 무중력?
voracious: uncontrollable, 게걸스러운
adulation: heroship, admiring
warped: abnormal, strange
obliterate: destroy
inferiority complex
convalescence: recovering place
gloss over: treat something as if it's not important
emaciated: thin, skinny
debilitate: weakening