Of course, not all women belonged to one of those two groups.

They were oblivious to the gasps and slammed brakes that accompanied their sudden and daring lane changes, and to the less-than-complimentary words directed at them by their fellow drivers. In most cases, they showed their timid sisters nothing but scorn, and were proud that they, at least, weren’t like that. Most of the aggressive women, on the other hand, seemed convinced they were great drivers. Yet their driving style tended to irritate others on the road. Of course, that caution was nothing to complain about. Generally speaking, women were more cautious than men behind the wheel. Luckily-and we should all be grateful for this-the latter were far more common. Published in Canada by Bond Street Books, a division of Penguin Random House of Canada LimitedīASED ON THE MANY TIMES he had ridden in cars driven by women, Kafuku had reached the conclusion that most female drivers fell into one of two categories: either they were a little too aggressive or a little too timid. Men without women / Haruki Murakami translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel and Ted Goossen. Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Some stories first appeared, in slightly different form, in the following publications: “Drive My Car” first appeared in Freeman’s (October 2015) “Kino” (Feb/Mar 2015), “Samsa in Love” (October 2013), and “Yesterday” (June 2014) all first appeared in The New Yorker. The use of any part of this publication, reproduced, transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, or stored in a retrieval system without the prior written consent of the publisher-or in the case of photocopying or other reprographic copying, license from the Canadian Copyright Licensing agency-is an infringement of the copyright law.īond Street Books and colophon are registered trademarks of Penguin Random House of Canada Limited.

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Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami