suprunp
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Tengo and Kumi are talking about 'a hole that opens up in the world after a person dies.' Kumi says that this hole can't be left open, or somebody might fall in.
“But in some cases the dead person has secrets,” Tengo said. “And when the hole’s filled in, those secrets are never known.”
“I think that’s necessary too.”
“How come?”
“Certain secrets can’t be left behind.”
“Why not?”
(H. Murakami; 1Q84)
I don't quite understand this. When a person dies and 'the hole's filled in', so to say, the secrets that the deceased had are still there, lingering in the air, unresolved, as it were.
So what could she mean by saying that 'certain secrets can't remain after a person dies'?
P.S. Ah, I seem to have got this. If the secrets were known only to the deceased they are never known to those who are still alive and, therefore, they can't remain unresolved simply because no one else knows about them.
Thanks.
“But in some cases the dead person has secrets,” Tengo said. “And when the hole’s filled in, those secrets are never known.”
“I think that’s necessary too.”
“How come?”
“Certain secrets can’t be left behind.”
“Why not?”
(H. Murakami; 1Q84)
I don't quite understand this. When a person dies and 'the hole's filled in', so to say, the secrets that the deceased had are still there, lingering in the air, unresolved, as it were.
So what could she mean by saying that 'certain secrets can't remain after a person dies'?
P.S. Ah, I seem to have got this. If the secrets were known only to the deceased they are never known to those who are still alive and, therefore, they can't remain unresolved simply because no one else knows about them.
Thanks.
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