JAMES BALLANTYNE
In this vast, swallowing expanse, how can I already be halfway into my journey?
‘Until The Sun Sets’ explores the idea of a journey in an intentionally ambiguous format, in this case by air, mirroring the inexorable passage of life and altering perceptions of an ageing narrator. The narrative takes the form of an interior monologue, an idea which was inspired by two key short stories by Murakami and Joyce. This form allows the protagonist to profess ideas and judgements which he would otherwise have been unable to voice for fear of being socially ostracized. Ominously, as he views the impenetrable blackness, the buried sun foreshadows his impending fate as the journey comes to a placid close.
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