Coin Locker Babies: Ryu Murakami (Pushkin Press Classics) - Softcover

Murakami, Ryu

Softcover

ISBN 10: 180533025X ISBN 13: 9781805330257

Publisher: Pushkin Press Classics, 2023

Synopsis

'A cyberpunk coming-of-age tale' Japan Times

Two babies are left in a Tokyo station coin locker and survive against the odds, but their lives are forever tainted by this inauspicious start.

Raised amidst the outcasts and misfits of Toxitown, they carve out vastly different paths: one as a bisexual rock star on a desperate search for his mother, the other as an athlete consumed by revenge against the woman who left him behind.

When their twisted journeys start to intertwine, this savage and stunning story plunges headlong into a surrealistic whirl of violence.

'Encapsulates the fin de siècle cultural detonation of Japanese youth' Kirkus

About this title

About the Author

Born in 1952 in Nagasaki prefecture, Ryu Murakami is the enfant terrible of contemporary Japanese literature. Awarded the prestigious Akutagawa Prize in 1976 for his first book, he has gone on to explore with cinematic intensity the themes of violence and technology in contemporary Japanese society. His novels include Coin Locker Babies, Sixty-Nine, From the Fatherland, with Love and Popular Hits of the Showa Era, all published by Pushkin Press, as well as Audition and In the Miso Soup. Murakami is also a screenwriter and director; among his films are Tokyo Decadence, Audition and Because of You.

From the Back Cover

A cult cyberpunk masterpiece, and Ryu Murakami’s most famous novel. Two babies are left in a Tokyo station coin locker and survive against the odds, but their lives are forever tainted by this inauspicious start. As they grow up, they join the ranks of Toxitown: a district of addicts, freaks and prostitutes. While one becomes a bisexual rock star searching for his mother, the other one, an athlete, seeks revenge on the woman who abandoned him. This savage and stunning story unfolds in a surrealistic whirl of violence

Edition details

• Publisher: Pushkin Press Classics
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 180533025X
• ISBN 13: 9781805330257
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 512