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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
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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.
“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.
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“amazing writing, the way murakami weaves the story is insane. i was hooked from beginning to end and didnt get bored once! .5 off for the attitude towards women and sex”
“whenever i see a book that has the winds of winter in it, i get attracted to it by a strange force. reading this book was a similar experience. and only after i read a few chapters and a few waves of deja vu that i realized that i shouldve read this before i read the city and its uncertain walls. as someone whos still not recovered from the eerie city inside the wall and the unicorn skulls where old dreams sleep, this book gave me a great read as well as the nostalgia of reliving one of the best tales i've read. this book will forever be one of my favourite works of Murakami, and ill recommend it to everyone who likes to wander into a world where the rules of society doesnt make sense.
split into two alternating parts, this book is one of the strangest ones I've read so far. a unique blend of magical realism and a dystopian society, this book makes u plunge into something cold and sticky that seeps into ur bloodstream and shines like unicorn blood. it'll captivate you, it'll make u think what it is to be a human, what it is to have a soul, a mind of your own and if you really know what's going on in your conscience.
maybe I'll read this book again one day. maybe I'll read it over and over. not now, maybe when I get old.”
About Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami is a best-selling Japanese writer. His works of fiction and non-fiction have garnered critical acclaim and numerous awards, including the Franz Kafka Prize, the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award and the Jerusalem Prize, among others. Murakami's fiction is humorous and surreal, focusing on themes of alienation and loneliness. He is considered an important figure in postmodern literature. The Guardian praised Murakami as "among the world's greatest living novelists" for his works and achievements. Murakami is the author of 1Q84, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles, Men Without Women and many more.
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