An edition of 世界の終りとハードボイルド・ワンダーランド (1985)

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

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An edition of 世界の終りとハードボイルド・ワンダーランド (1985)

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

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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 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.

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Vintage International
Language
English
Pages
416

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Fantasy fiction Near and far eastern fiction (fictional works by one author) Fiction, fantasy, contemporary Tokyo (japan), fiction Roman Japanisch Ficción Consciousness Conciencia (Psicología) Fiction Fiction, fantasy, general Japan, fiction Japanese fiction Translations into Chinese Japanese fiction--translations into english Pl856.u673 s4513 1993 895.6/35

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Table of Contents

1. Elevator, Silence, Overweight
Page 1
2. Golden Beasts
Page 12
3. Rain Gear, INKlinkgs, Laundry
Page 18
4. The Library
Page 37
5. Tabulations, Evolution, Sex Drive
Page 44
6. Shadow
Page 58
7. Skull, Lauren Bacall, Library
Page 66
8. The Colonel
Page 83
9. Appetite, Disappointment, Leningrad
Page 89
10. The Wall
Page 106
11. Dressing, Watermelon, Chaos
Page 111
12. A Map of the End of the World
Page 117
13. Frankfurt, Door, Independent Operants
Page 124
14. Woods
Page 143
15. Whiskey, Torture, Turgenev
Page 152
16. The Coming of Winter
Page 167
17. End of the World, Charlie Parker, Time Bomb
Page 174
18. Dreamreading
Page 182
19. Hamburgers, Skyline, Deadline
Page 186
20. The Death of the Beasts
Page 199
21. Bracelets, Ben Johnson, Devil
Page 204
22. Gray Smoke
Page 222
23. Holes, Leeches, Tower
Page 230
24. Shadow Grounds
Page 242
25. Meal, Elephant Factory, Trap
Page 250
26. Power Station
Page 275
27. Encyclopedia Wand, Immortality, Paperclips
Page 282
28. Musical Instruments
Page 291
29. Lake, Masatomi Kondo, Panty Hose
Page 297
30. Hole
Page 313
31. Fares, Police, Detergent
Page 319
32. Shadow in the Throes of Death
Page 330
33. Rainy-Day Laundry, Car Rental, Bob Dylan
Page 337
34. Skulls
Page 347
35. Nail Clippers, Butter Cause, Iron Vase
Page 353
36. Accordion
Page 366
37. Lights, Introspection, Cleanliness
Page 371
38. Escape
Page 379
39. Popcorn, Lord Jim, Extinction
Page 387
40. Birds

Edition Notes

Published in
New York, USA

Contributors

Translator
Alfred Birnbaum
Author
Haruki Murakami

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
400
Number of pages
416
Dimensions
8 x 5.25 x 0.875 inches

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL25118521M
ISBN 10
0679743464

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL2625421W

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