HARUKI MURAKAMI ON 9/11
He likens it to 9/11, which, he says, changed the course of world history. From a novelist’s perspective it is a “miraculous event”, too improbable to be true. “When I see those videos of the two planes crashing into the buildings, it seems like a miracle to me. It’s not politically correct to say that it’s beautiful, but I have to say that there is a kind of beauty in it. It’s awful, it’s a tragedy, but still there is a beauty in it. It seems too perfect. I cannot believe it happened, really. Sometimes I wonder if those two planes hadn’t crashed into the building, the world would be so different from what it is now.”
(Source: Guardian)
