SCARCE Hard-Boiled Wonderland Haruki Murakami PB 1993 First Vintage Intl. Ed

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Very Good: A book that does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious ...
Type
Novel
Era
1990s
Narrative Type
Fiction
Original Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Intended Audience
Adults
Edition
First Edition
Vintage
Yes
ISBN
9780679743460
Book Title
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Book Series
Vintage International Ser.
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Item Length
8 in
Publication Year
1993
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.9 in
Author
Haruki Murakami
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Fantasy / Contemporary, Magical Realism, Literary
Item Weight
10.4 Oz
Item Width
5.2 in
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Category

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0679743464
ISBN-13
9780679743460
eBay Product ID (ePID)
764069

Product Key Features

Book Title
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Fantasy / Contemporary, Magical Realism, Literary
Publication Year
1993
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Author
Haruki Murakami
Book Series
Vintage International Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
10.4 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
92-056345
Dewey Edition
23/eng/20231026
Reviews
"Murakami's bold willingness to go straight over the top [is] a signal indication of his genius . . . a world-class writer who has both eyes open and takes big risks." The Washington Post Book World "He has become the foremost representative of a new style of Japanese writing: hip, cynical, highly stylized, set at the juncture of cyberpunk, postmodernism, and hard-boiled detective fiction. . . . Murakami [is] adept at deadpan wit, outrageous style." Los Angeles Times Magazine "Fantastical, mysterious, and funny . . . a fantasy world that might have been penned by Franz Kafka." Philadelphia Inquirer "Rich in action, suspense, odd characters and unexpected trifles . . . [a] provocative work." The Atlantic "Murakami's gift is for ironic observations that hint at something graver. . . . He is wry, absurd, and desolate." Los Angeles Times Book Review "[A] mix of American fun and Japanese dread." Esquire "An intertwining DNA model of seemingly contrary elements . . . a combination of Kafka's castle, Borges's library, and the Prisoner's TV village." Village Voice Literary Supplement "Off the wall . . . hilariously bizarre . . . splendid . . . a remarkable book . . . Alfred Birnbaum . . . has captured the crazed, surreal feel of Murakami's Japanese." The Times (London) "His novels . . . are set on fast-forward: raucous, slangy, irreverent." Details, "Murakami's bold willingness to go straight over the top [is] a signal indication of his genius . . . a world-class writer who has both eyes open and takes big risks." The Washington Post Book World "He has become the foremost representative of a new style of Japanese writing: hip, cynical, highly stylized, set at the juncture of cyberpunk, postmodernism, and hard-boiled detective fiction. . . . Murakami [is] adept at deadpan wit, outrageous style." Los Angeles Times Magazine "Fantastical, mysterious, and funny . . . a fantasy world that might have been penned by Franz Kafka." Philadelphia Inquirer "Rich in action, suspense, odd characters and unexpected trifles . . . [a] provocative work." The Atlantic "Murakami's gift is for ironic observations that hint at something graver. . . . He is wry, absurd, and desolate." Los Angeles Times Book Review "[A] mix of American fun and Japanese dread." Esquire "An intertwining DNA model of seemingly contrary elements . . . a combination of Kafka's castle, Borges's library, and the Prisoner's TV village." Village Voice Literary Supplement "Off the wall . . . hilariously bizarre . . . splendid . . . a remarkable book . . . Alfred Birnbaum . . . has captured the crazed, surreal feel of Murakami's Japanese." The Times (London) "His novels . . . are set on fast-forward: raucous, slangy, irreverent." Details From the Trade Paperback edition.
Dewey Decimal
895.63/5
Synopsis
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 Inquirer Across 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 hyperkinetic novel that is at once hilariously funny and a deeply serious meditation on the nature and uses of the mind., Hyperkinetic and relentlessly inventive, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is Haruki Murakami's deep dive into the very nature of consciousness. Across 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 hilariously funny and a deeply serious meditation on the nature and uses of the mind.
LC Classification Number
PL856.U673S4513 1993

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    Sep 28, 2021

    odd engaging enchanting and I expect possibly magical but not finished yet

    i bought the book for a class and I am prereading it. It's odd - that's the point - both content and format. And that was what I was looking for. In less talented hands I might be bored but the voices in the book are compeling for me.

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    Jul 20, 2023

    perfect

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    May 29, 2019

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