Haruki; Philip GABRIEL and Ted GOOSEN ( translators ). Killing Commendatore.

by MURAKAMI

£75 · Offered by Henry Sotheran Ltd

MURAKAMI, Haruki; Philip GABRIEL and Ted GOOSEN ( translators ). Killing Commendatore. London: Harvill Secker . 2018. 8vo. Publisher’s illustrated paper-covered boards, illustrated dust-jacket designed by Suzanne Dean with printed price of £20 to front flap, illustrated endpapers; pp. [10], 681, [13]; jacket has some shelf wear, minor rubbing to edges and corners, wear to boards; very good. First UK edition, first impression. A surreal tale that follows a lonely painter after separating from his wife. It was initially published in Japan in two volumes, it later appeared in translation in the UK and US in a single volume. The novel was heavily censored in Hong Kong: it could not be distributed to people under the age of eighteen, and it had to be sold sealed, with printed warnings on the wrappers. SKU: 2124983

• Binding: Hardcover

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