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Things That Come After Love


ISBN	9791160274509
Publication (Release) Date	August 15, 2024 (1st edition December 20, 2005)
Pages	264 pages
Size	130 * 187 * 19 mm / 462 g
Total Volumes	1 volume
Revision Information for this Book	This is the most recently released revised edition.

From the Book

In my heart, there is an old gourd. Inside that gourd, a twenty-two-year-old woman named Beni, with vibrant hair, probably lives. The reason I say "probably lives" is because I have never once opened its lid. Perhaps at first, like a giant from an old fairy tale, she intended to do anything for the person who opened the lid, but now she might be determined to destroy anyone who opens it. _From the main text

I felt the complex sensation, like the cross-section of a cake, in less than a second. No, rather than "felt," it was more like an amateur outfielder haphazardly catching a ball thrown his way. And I helplessly watched him stride into my life. _From the main text

I had never even dreamed of forgetting. What I tried to forget was not him, but myself, who loved him. It was me, who ran so fearlessly. Twenty-two-year-old Beni, who believed that if it was love, it didn't matter if he was Japanese, Chinese, or African; who believed that if it was love, we should talk about anything, share everything, and have no secrets. _From the main text

I firmly believed that if I truly loved someone, the abundance of the entire universe would help me. The problem was that I never imagined such a thing as love betraying itself. That love has an expiration date; that itself was already the nature of love. We didn't realize that making us believe love is eternal was already a trick inherent in love. It was common knowledge that the brighter the light of love in my heart, the deeper the shadow of loneliness would fall, but I believed that I would be different, that our love would be different. _From the main text

I ran forward. But then, for the first time, I thought this lake was round. Because it's round, if I run forward like this, he will be standing there again. I thought I was moving forward, but in the end, it was moving away from him only to get closer to him again. It was the mystery of the circle. So, having entered this circle, I could neither go back nor move forward. Regardless, all paths lead to him. _From the main text

I guess I dared to want eternity. Something that doesn't change. A love that is solid, centered, sparkling, and always there with open arms when I return after a long time. Unchanging love... such a thing. I guess I dreamed of something I shouldn't have dreamed of. I asked your master... I asked him when I first met him and gave you to him. If he believed in unchanging love. He replied that such a thing exists somewhere. He said "somewhere," but I thought it was within him... _From the main text

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