![]() ![]() The next story, “Yesterday,” is narrated by Tanimura. Misaki suggested that Kafuku’s wife had slept with Takatsuki for reasons of her own that had nothing to do with Kafuku. Kafuku and Takatsuki became drinking pals, but Kafuku never found out why his wife had slept with him. After she died, however, he became obsessed with the reasons behind her infidelity, so much so that he befriended the last lover, Takatsuki, she had before getting sick. He had always known about her affairs, but he had never confronted her about them or asked why she had done it. He was married to an actress who died of ovarian cancer. As Kafuku slowly began to become comfortable with Misaki, he started to open up to her about his past. ![]() He had not had a woman in his car since his wife had died, and having Misaki drive him around town made him think of his wife more often than usual. The first story in Murakami’s collection is “Drive My Car.” This story is about a stage actor, Kafuku, who hired a strange, ugly young girl named Misaki to be his chauffeur. The following version of this book was used to create this study guide: Murakami, Haruki. ![]()
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