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Aum trials ‘a starting point’ for ‘1Q84’
On the occasion of his first full-length novel in seven years, novelist Haruki Murakami has said he was motivated to pen the story after having repeatedly imagined the state of minds of former Aum Supreme Truth cult members who are now on death row.
Murakami spoke to The Yomiuri Shimbun in Tokyo earlier this month, his first interview since the two-volume book “1Q84” (ichi-kew-hachi-yon) was published late last month.
“I attended as many hearings [of Aum trials] at the Tokyo district and high courts as I could,” he said. “At that time I imagined the terror of being left alone on the other side of the moon where a Joe Blow unwittingly commits a felonious crime and ends up becoming a death row convict.
“I considered for years the meaning of this. This served as a starting point for my story,” he said.
Murakami explained how he became interested in Aum incidents as follows:”the series of incidents involving Aum followers made us seriously question just what the definition of ‘ethical’ should be in contemporary society.”
“I started following Aum matters so I could reassess the current situation from the viewpoints of good and evil,” he continued.
Meanwhile, as another motivation for writing the book, the author said, “I thought it necessary to ponder what path our generation has followed since the later half of the 1960s.” (226 words)

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理解度チェック：
１．この本は((a 6年)(b 7年)(c 8年))ぶりの村上春樹による長編小説である。
２．この本は((a先週)(b先月の頭)(c先月の終わり))に出版された。
３．作者はこの本の意味を((a数年)(b数ヶ月)(c数週間))よく考えた。
４．この本は、現代の社会にあるべき((a 倫理)(b 論理)(c 裁判))の定義がヒントとなって書かれた。
５．作者は((a 1980年後半)(b 1960年後半)(c1940年後半))の出来事にそって深く考えることが必要だと言った。
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語彙：
Motivated: やる気のある
Repeatedly: しばしば、繰り返して
Cult: 新興宗教団体
District: 地区、区域
Terror: 恐怖、おそろしさ
Unwittingly: 知らないうちに、無意識に
Felonious: 重罪の、凶悪な
Convict: 有罪を判決する
Ethical: 倫理の、道徳上の
Reassess: …を再評価する
Ponder: 熟考する
Path: 小道、細道
(262 words/6181 words)