The Akitan Winter 2022

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Drive My Car

Drive My Car Peter Bond

Late in Uncle Vanya, you hear “The truth, whatever it is, is not as frightening as uncertainty.” I do not like sitting in uncertainty, it is far more difficult than sitting in truth. The blur, the mess, the way some things just are, defies me. Some 46

things are beyond our judgment and understanding, and we are forced to sit without knowing. Sit in the silence, and find peace. Drive My Car, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s recent Haruki Murakami adaptation, has been drawing attention overseas,


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