Vintage Fantasy: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & The Wind-up Bird Chronicle - Softcover

Murakami, Haruki; Carroll, Lewis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099511401 ISBN 13: 9780099511403

Publisher: Vintage Classics, 2007

Synopsis

2 classic books for the price of 1: Vintage Fantasy is a limited edition gift pack which consists of beautifully designed separate volumes of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and Haruki Murakami's cult bestseller The Wind-up Bird Chronicle.

Vintage Fantasy is just one of ten Vintage Classic Twins to collect. Each twin consists of two books: a specially designed limited edition of one modern classic title and one established classic work. The books in each pair have been carefully selected to provide a thought-provoking combination.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Alice is one of the most beloved characters of English writing. A bright and inquisitive child, one boring summer afternoon she follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole. At the bottom she finds herself in a bizarre world full of strange creatures, and attends a very strange tea party and croquet match. This immensely witty and unique story mixes satire and puzzles, comedy and anxiety, to provide an astute depiction of the experience of childhood.

The Wind-up Bird Chronicle: Toru Okada's cat has disappeared and this has unsettled his wife, who is herself growing more distant every day. Then there are the increasingly explicit telephone calls he has started receiving. As this compelling story unfolds, the tidy suburban realities of Okada's vague and blameless life are turned inside out, and he embarks on a bizarre journey, guided by a succession of characters, each with a tale to tell.

About this title

Product Description:

On an ordinary summer's afternoon, Alice tumbles down a hole and an extraordinary adventure begins. In a strange world with even stranger characters, she meets a grinning cat and a rabbit with a pocket-watch, joins a mad tea-party and plays croquet with the Queen! Lost in this fantasy land, Alice finds herself growing more and more curious by the minute...

Review:

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: A book of wonder and nonsense laced with lethal wit" (Guardian)

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: The clue to the enduring fascination and greatness of the Alice books lies in language. . .. It is play, and word-play, and its endless intriguing puzzles continue to reveal themselves long after we have ceased to be children" (A. S. Byatt)

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Only Lewis Carroll has shown us the world upside down the way a child sees it, and has made us laugh as children laugh" (Virginia Woolf)

"The Wind-up Bird Chronicle: Mesmerising, surreal, this really is the work of a true original" (The Times)

"The Wind-up Bird Chronicle: Murakami writes of contemporary Japan, urban alienation and journey's of self-discovery, and in this book he combines recollections of the war with metaphysics, dreams and hallucinations into a powerful and impressionistic work" (Independent)

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage Classics
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0099511401
• ISBN 13: 9780099511403
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 150