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Andrea Lee Reads Haruki Murakami

The New Yorker: Fiction

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The Balance Between Morality and Parallel Existence

"I burn a barn when i get the urge to. I think of it like this, morality is the delicate balance that's involved in parallel existence," he says. "Without it, i don't think we'd be able to live." When was the last time you burned down a barn? He thinks for a while and then replies: 'This summer, end of august'

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