1Q84 Chapter Summary & Analysis - Part I, Chapter 8, Tengo Summary

Part I, Chapter 8, Tengo Summary

Sunday morning, Tengo heads out for his meeting dressed as formally as he can. He meets Fuka-Eri at Shinjuku Station. As they travel together to the meeting, Tengo asks Fuka-Eri if she reads a lot. She says she does not, because it takes her a long time to read. This leads Tengo to suspect she suffers from dyslexia. They are going to meet who Fuka-Eri calls the "Professor".

Tengo discovers that Fuka-Eri had dictated the story to another girl named Azami, who wrote it all down. Fuka-Eri lowers her voice when talking to Tengo so the Little People will not overhear that she has included them in the story. She asks him why he dislikes Sunday mornings, and Tengo recalls memories of spending Sunday mornings with his father. His father was an NHK television fee collector. Tengo asks Fuka-Eri more about the Professor, but she will not answer; she...
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