Hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world Haruki Murakami ; translated from the Japanese by Alfred Birnbaum

By:

Murakami, Haruki

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: London Vintage 2003Description: 400 pISBN:

9780099448785

Uniform titles:

Hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world

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Summary: A narrative particle accelerator that zooms between Wild Turkey Whiskey and Bob Dylan, unicorn skulls and voracious librarians, John Coltrane and Lord Jim. Science fiction, detective story and post-modern manifesto all rolled into one rip-roaring novel, Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is the tour de force that expanded Haruki Murakami's international following. Tracking one man's descent into the Kafkaesque underworld of contemporary Tokyo, Murakami unites East and West, tragedy and farce, compassion and detachment, slang and philosophy.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	GESM Library Main Library	English Fiction Adolescent-Adult	EFA/ SF/ MUR H258	Available	E0003544

A narrative particle accelerator that zooms between Wild Turkey Whiskey and Bob Dylan, unicorn skulls and voracious librarians, John Coltrane and Lord Jim. Science fiction, detective story and post-modern manifesto all rolled into one rip-roaring novel, Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is the tour de force that expanded Haruki Murakami's international following. Tracking one man's descent into the Kafkaesque underworld of contemporary Tokyo, Murakami unites East and West, tragedy and farce, compassion and detachment, slang and philosophy.

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