In the present, he wonders why he continues to think of this woman and her poems so long after this incident occurred. She did, and he found the poems fascinating. In the morning, she mentioned she wrote a book of tanka poems and told the narrator she would send him a copy.
The narrator wondered why she maintained a sexual relationship with this man who was clearly using her. She explained that she was in love with the other man, but he did not love her back. They barely knew one another, and the woman told the narrator she might call out another man's name during sex. In “On a Stone Pillow,” an unnamed narrator recalls spending the night with a woman he worked with when he was a sophomore in college. This conversation comforted the narrator and resonated with him for many years. The narrator told him it was difficult to imagine such a thing, and the man replied that “There's nothing worth getting in this world that you can get easily” (20). Soon after, he was joined by an old man, who asked him to imagine a “circle with many centers” but “no circumference” (18). Feeling confused and anxious, he walked to a park and sat on a bench. However, when he arrived, the hall and neighborhood where it was being held were completely empty. Feeling lonely and despondent after failing his university entrance exam, he decided to attend the recital. He received an invitation to a piano recital from a girl with whom he once took lessons. In “Cream,” an unnamed narrator recalls a strange event that occurred when he was 18 years old. Knopf, 2021.įirst Person Singular is a collection of eight short stories by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. The following version of this book was used to create this study guide: Murakami, Haruki.
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