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...careful to rebut the chief accusation made against his work: that it's frothy entertainment. "Many of my readers read my books three or four times, because my novels are easy to read," Murakami says. "But the stories are not easy to understand." In A Wild Sheep Chase and The Wind-up Bird Chronicle, for example, he examines complex issues, such as Japan's brutal colonialism in the first half of the 20th century, while also portraying his characters' struggles to reconcile their hopes and fears with the lives they lead. In any case, popularity doesn't shame him: "Some...
...themes of Eric Drooker's work have always been the individual vs. the state and nature vs. technology. (He even overlays animals on the UPC code of his books.) In "Blood Song," often these themes will overlap as when the young woman flees the police. The chase transforms into an ecstatic dance amid traffic lights, parking meters and pedestrians. Her skeleton becomes visible through her skin, juxtaposing her corporeal self against the unnatural trapping of a metropolis...
...goes on to state that she had worked at Chase Manhattan Bank for two years...
...Chase Manhattan, now a subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase, does have a record of her working there for a 10-day period in February 1987 as a “Senior Control Clerk.” No job description was available...
...next six days were the most crucial to the chase, but they were also the most hectic and confused as the dragnet spread cross country from the D.C. area to Montgomery, Ala., and Washington State. Here's what we know...