After the Quake: Haruki Murakami

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After an earthquake, if you don’t have an emergency, then use text messaging. Don’t call your loved ones. Keep the cell and landlines open for first responders. Repair & Rebuild Families desperately waiting for news of missing loved ones held their breath - before the rescue workers called for an ambulance, confirming someone was alive. Along with many countries offering help, Algeria has said it was ready to open its airspace in support of Morocco, despite breaking off ties with its neighbour two years ago What sounds ridiculous at first unfolds in neat turns into a surprisingly appealing tale, each advance never quite the expected one. Those lessons of the Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team (SCIRT) have been made publicly available for the benefit of other cities facing a post-disaster rebuild, Dalziel says.

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Don't tell me anymore. You should have your dream, as the old woman told you to. I understand how you feel, but if you put those feelings into words they will turn into lies. (from Thailand)” Five years later, Haruki Murakami, already a major figure in world literature, would write the collection of stories After the Quake ( ATQ), his attempt to come to grips with a year of surreal violence. Despite a rapturous initial reception around the world, today the book is largely ignored. Murakami’s most famous novels deploy an enormous range of American and global pop culture references. By contrast, the stories of ATQ are grounded in local Japanese landmarks and peppered with references to these two historical tragedies, all with a mix of fantasy and horror. It is widely considered one of the triumphs of the rebuild, frequented by a wide cross-section of the Christchurch population – often indicative of a genuine attention to diversity and inclusion in the design process.Our hearts are not stones. A stone may disintegrate in time and lose its outward form. But hearts never disintegrate. They have no outward form, and whether good or evil, we can always communicate them to one another.” Most of it is the usual Murakami-stuff: lost souls, odd encounters, late nights, unlikely and inexplicable creatures and occurrences, some jazz music, some unfulfilled love, disappearances, and at least one Murakami-like author.

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But following the earthquake, Algeria's presidency has said in a statement it is ready to provide humanitarian aid and people "in solidarity with the brotherly In neighbouring Algeria, state TV gave low billing to the earthquake - a likely reflection of the poor state of relations between the two countries.

This new collection has lots to recommend it, but the finest story by far is Honey Pie. (...) I couldn't even begin to explain why I find it quite so moving and, in a sense, that's Murakami's magic. He speaks to a place so deep inside us that we can scarcely even reply." - Julie Myerson, Daily Telegraph

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President Erdogan defends the response, saying it's not possible to prepare for disasters of this magnitude The event, aimed at co-ordinating the international response to the disaster, will be open to EU member states, neighbouring countries and UN members.The response effort to the earthquake could take years due to the level of devastation, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has said.

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Nach dem Beben ist ein bewundernswert konstruiertes Buch. (...) Denn Murakamis Erzählungen beunruhigen nicht, wie es beispielsweise die von Kafka tun, auch wenn sie mitunter ganz kafkaesk beginnen (.....) Sie erschüttern nicht wie das Erdbeben, auf das sie sich beziehen, sondern umfangen den Leser leicht und sicher, so dass er sich in ihnen rasch wohl zu fühlen beginnt." - Leopold Federmair, Neue Zürcher Zeitung Cevik said that in the city of Hatay, one of the affected areas, "the disaster management teams were also under the rubble, so there was Three days of national mourning have been decided, with flags to fly at half-mast on all public buildings," a statement published by the news agency MAP read.Junpei tells young Sala the story of Masakichi, an anthropomorphic bear who sells honey. She says that Masakichi should sell honey pies to increase his profit and Junpei agrees. After she falls asleep, he talks with Sala's mother Sayoko in the kitchen about taking the girl to the Ueno Zoo. She agrees and tells him to also invite Sala's father Takatsuki.