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The Single Life
Last time, we looked at the end of Kino and the way Kino the character transforms, driven to an extreme point by the experience of having...
Alan Bray
Jan 27, 20224 min read


The Tell-Tale Heart
Kino sets off, leaving a note that the bar will be closed till further notice. He stays at a hotel, goes to the movies, hires a...
Alan Bray
Jan 20, 20224 min read


Snakes
When we last left Kino, he’d just had the encounter with the woman burned by cigarettes and was shown feeling ambivalently about her....
Alan Bray
Jan 13, 20225 min read


Let's Step Outside
Kino’s bar is a modest success. We learn more about “the man.” “My name is Kamita,” he said. It’s written with the characters for “god”...
Alan Bray
Jan 6, 20225 min read


Kino
This week, a new story, Kino, a long short story written by Haruki Murakami. An English version of Kino first appeared in The New Yorker...
Alan Bray
Dec 30, 20214 min read