End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland: A New Translation by Haruki Murakam

by Haruki Murakam

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The Nile on eBay End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin Japan s most widely-read and controversial writer, author of A Wild Sheep Chase, hurtles into the consciousness of the West with this narrative about a split-brained data processor, a deranged scientist, his shockingly undemure granddaughter, and various thugs, librarians, and subterranean monsters--not to mention Bob Dylan and Lauren Bacall. FORMATHardcover LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 1Q84 and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle comes a relentlessly inventive novel that dives deep into the very nature of consciousness. Fantastical, mysterious, and funny . . . a fantasy world that might have been penned by Franz Kafka. The Philadelphia InquirerAcross two parallel narratives, Murakami draws readers into a mind-bending universe in which Lauren Bacall, Bob Dylan, a split-brained data processor, a deranged scientist, his shockingly undemure granddaughter, and various thugs, librarians, and subterranean monsters collide to dazzling effect. What emerges is a novel that is at once a hilariously funny and a deeply serious meditation on the nature and uses of the mind. This unabridged edition uses the original Japanese title of the book, which was later inverted for foreign publications. Review Murakami s bold willingness to go straight over the top [is] a signal indication of his genius . . . a world-class writer who has both

• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780593320020
• Condition: Fine

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