Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki And His Years Of Pilgrimage – Haruki Murakami

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage is a philosophical novel of Haruki Murakami that derives a deep concept of friendship, betrayal, and struggle for the discovery of a lost identity. Tsukuru Tazaki is a middle-aged man struggling with a tragedy he cannot come to terms with in the novel. In the time of his teenage he had a group of five friends of very close proximity but he was one day dumped without any reason.

Many years later, one can see that the feeling of betrayal that exists in the heart of the main character Tsukuru is still fresh. He is supported by his girlfriend to find out the real reasons of the friends’ betrayal and come back to his friends again. As he goes into the past, he meets the feelings, sin, and the relationships that people have.

This masterfully narrated work of Murakami offers to plot the intricate story of murder, sorrow and the search of life’s sense. From the perspective of Tsukuru, the reader will try to discover such existential motives as identity, friendship, and the aftermath of the past. In the end, Tsukuru Tazaki and his friends’ story introduces readers to loss, identity, and self-discovery that makes Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki what it is – a heartrending book to ponder on.