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One listless day followed another, with nothing to distinguish one from the next. You could have changed the order and no one would have noticed.

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Haruki Murakami
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 12
Athletics Competitor
Essayist
Linguist
Novelist
Prosaist
Science Fiction Writer
Translator
University Teacher
Writer
Kyōto
Murakami Haruki
Noticed
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Changed
Next
Another
Order
Nothing
Listless
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Distinguish

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