tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post7717773433664352286..comments2024-03-29T04:12:48.987+08:00Comments on The Reading Life: "Whenever I Sit at a Bar Drinking Like This, I Always Think What a Sacred Profession Bartending Is". - A Short Story by Ryu Murakami (Ausust, 2004)Mel uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-80136792444192910152017-07-24T03:04:12.756+08:002017-07-24T03:04:12.756+08:00Correction: Raymond Carver, not Chandler.Correction: Raymond Carver, not Chandler.Bellezza https://www.blogger.com/profile/18073864187188953633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-13477862723856498052017-07-24T03:02:47.702+08:002017-07-24T03:02:47.702+08:00I have read Coin Locker Babies, which I mostly rem...I have read Coin Locker Babies, which I mostly remember as the two boys being adopted/abandoned, and I have read Piercings by this author, but not the short story you have read here. It's title makes me think of Haruki Murakami's title, "What I Think About When I Think About Running", which in turn came from a Raymond Chandler short story "What I Talk About When I Talk About Love."<br /><br />Ryu Murakami's writing can be quite graphic and gut wrenching, in my opinion. <br /><br />Thanks for reviewing it here for us.Bellezza https://www.blogger.com/profile/18073864187188953633noreply@blogger.com