1Q84 Chapter Summary & Analysis - Part I, Chapter 15, Aomame Summary

Part I, Chapter 15, Aomame Summary

Aomame eats as healthy as she can, preferring fish and a little chicken to other meats, and preferring vegetarian dishes overall. She lives a simple existence and has few possessions. She keeps few books; when she has finished reading one, she usually sells it to a used bookstore. She doesn't even like accepting money for eliminating targets.

Ayumi and Aomame have dinner at a French restaurant. Aomame reflects on how she hasn't had dinner with a friend in this fashion since Tamaki died. She tells Ayumi about a boy she was in love with when she was ten, who held her hand. They talk about their sex lives, and come upon the topic of free will, which Aomame considers might just be an illusion. They go to a bar after dinner, get drunk, and return to Aomame's apartment. Ayumi spends the night, and Aomame considers the possibility again that there...
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