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4/5stars Men who start by burning books end by burning other men Love child of [a:George Orwell|3706|George Orwell|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1588856560p2/3706.jpg] plot progressions and [a:Haruki Murakami|3354|Haruki Murakami|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1615497402p2/3354.jpg]'s writing style- this is closest I can come to describing this book. And I mean this in the best way possible. It brings to table the classic Orwellian dystopia vibes alongwith Murakami's abstract and bizarreness, combining them both to a fine novel most of which tho sadly was lost in translation. Or so I believe. The book had all the 'vibes' a book of such kind should have but the words were at times unable to convey the feelings 100% and that I feel is because of the translation. They may be nothing more than scraps of paper, but they capture something profound. Light and wind and air, the tenderness or joy of the photographer, the bashfulness or pleasure of the subject. You have to guard these things forever in your heart. That’s why photographs are taken in the first place. Definitely a good start towards my efforts to read more of Japanese literature. Although I do hope others do not suffer similar fates at the hands of translation and language barriers, that would be quite a disappointment. Overall tho, this was a solid plot almost amore than 4stars. If you read a novel to the end, then it’s over. I would never want to do something as wasteful as that. I’d much rather keep it here with me, safe and sound, forever.