I lie down in bed and listen to Prince in my headphones, concentrating on this strange unceasing music.  The batteries run out in the middle of ‘Little Red Corvette’, the music disappearing like it’s been swallowed up by quicksand.  I yank off my headphones and listen…

Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.

► Kafka Tamura in Oshima’s log cabin
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami