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An edition of 1Q84 (2009)

1Q84

1st ed.

by and

  • ★★★ ★ 3.9 (41 ratings) ·
  • 229 Want to read
  • 8 Currently reading
  • 69 Have read

An ode to George Orwell's "1984" told in alternating male and female voices relates the stories of Aomame, an assassin for a secret organization who discovers that she has been transported to an alternate reality, and Tengo, a mathematics lecturer and novice writer.

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Alfred A. Knopf
Pages
925

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Subjects

New York Times bestseller, nyt:hardcover_fiction=2011-12-31, Fiction, NEW LIST 20111231, Man-woman relationships, Dystopian, Magical Realism, Literary, Authors, Man-woman relationship, Assassins, Maestros universitarios, Relaciones hombre-mujer, Asesinato, Assassination, Asesinos, Detective and mystery stories, College teachers, Ficción, Autores, alternative reality, Japanese fiction, Translations into Chinese, Chang pian xiao shuo, Teachers, Translations into Portuguese, Novelists, Japanese literature, Near and far eastern fiction (fictional works by one author), Tokyo (japan), fiction, New York Times reviewed, General, Japanese fiction -- 20th century -- Translations into English

People

Aomame, Tengo Kawana, Ushikawa, Komatsu, Fuka-Eri (Eriko Fukada), The Leader (Tamotsu Fukada), The Dowager (Shizue Ogata), Tamaru, Professor Ebisuno

Places

Tokyo, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan

Times

The events of 1Q84 take place in Tokyo during a fictionalized 1984, with the first volume set between April and June, the second between July and September, and the third between October and December., 1984

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1Q84
2012, Penguin Random House
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1Q84: Books 1, 2 and 3
Jul 27, 2012, Vintage, imusti
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1Q84
2011, Ėksmo, Domino
in Russian
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1Q84
2011, Alfred A. Knopf
- 1st ed.
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1Q84
2011, Alfred A. Knopf
in English

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
895.6/35
Library of Congress
PL856.U673 A61213 2011

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
925

Edition Identifiers

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OL24839567M
ISBN 13
9780307593313
LCCN
2011014274
OCLC/WorldCat
701017688
Amazon ID (ASIN)
0307593312

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OL15029001W

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Work Description

The novel is a sub-melodramatic sentimental metafictional love story in a ficticious world with two moons in the sky, a thriller packed with cults, assassinations and grotesque sex (newyorkobserver). The title is a play on the Japanese pronunciation of the year 1984 of George Orwell. The novel was longlisted for the 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize and placed No. 2 in Amazon.com's top books of the year.

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