A long novel set in Tokyo in 1984. Aomame, a fitness instructor with a secret life, and Tengo, a mathematics teacher and aspiring writer, are two lonely people whose paths once crossed in childhood. After a small, unsettling change in her routine, Aomame finds herself in a world that looks almost the same but is subtly different, with two moons in the sky. Tengo is drawn into a literary scheme that leads him toward a mysterious religious group. Alternating between them, the book weaves love, violence, belief and fate into a suspenseful and dreamlike story.
Quotes
This may be the most important proposition revealed by history: “At the time, no one knew what was coming.”
I move, therefore I am.
It was her personal view that people who are overly choosy about the drinks they order in a bar tend to be sexually bland. She had no idea why this should be so.
She only felt revulsion for any kind of religious fundamentalists. The very thought of such people’s intolerant worldview, their inflated sense of their own superiority, and their callous imposition of their own beliefs on others was enough to fill her with rage.