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Theeconomywasbooming.Peoplehadmoremoneythantheyknewwhattodowith.Andthen,theearthquakestruck.Komura'swifefollowstheTVreportsfrommorningtonight,withouteatingorsleeping.Thesameimagesappearagainandagain:flames,smoke,buildingsturnedtorubble,theirinhabitantsdead,cracksinthestreets,derailments,crashes,collapsedexpressways,crushedsubways,fireseverywhere.Purehell.Suddenly,acityseemsafragilething.Andlifetoo.Tomorrowanythingcouldhappen.ForthecharactersinMurakami'slatestshortstorycollection,theKobeearthquakeisanechofromapasttheyburiedlongago.Satsukihasspent30yearshatingoneman:aloverwhodestroyedherchancesofhavingchildren,andwhonowlivesinKobe.Didherdesireforrevengecausetheearthquake?Junpei'sestrangedparentsalsoliveinKobe.Shouldhecontactthem?MiyakelefthisfamilyinKobetomakemidnightbonfiresonabeachhundredsofmilesaway.Four-year-oldSalahasnightmaresthattheEathquakemanistryingtostuffherinsidealittlebox.KatagirireturnshometofindagiantfroginhisapartmentonamissiontosaveTokyofromamassivewormburrowingundertheTokyoSecurityTrustBank."Whenhegetsangry,hecausesearthquakes"saysFrog."Andrightnowheisvery,veryangry."