Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel / Tr. [from Japanese] by Alfred Birnbaum. - Hardcover

Murakami, Haruki

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 4770015445 ISBN 13: 9784770015440

Publisher: Kodansha International Ltd, 1991

Synopsis

A clerk in a Tokyo of the near future works in an organization that controls the flow of information to society--employing electronic brainwashing and other insidious techniques--a job that contributes to his increasing sense of dehumanization.

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Review:

" Murakami's bold willingness to go straight over the top [is] a signal indication of his genius . . . a world-class writer who has both eyes open and takes big risks." - "The Washington Post Book World"
" He has become the foremost representative of a new style of Japanese writing: hip, cynical, highly stylized, set at the juncture of cyberpunk, postmodernism, and hard-boiled detective fiction. . . . Murakami [is] adept at deadpan wit, outrageous style." - "Los Angeles Times Magazine"
" Fantastical, mysterious, and funny . . . a fantasy world that might have been penned by Franz Kafka." - "Philadelphia Inquirer"
" Rich in action, suspense, odd characters and unexpected trifles . . . [a] provocative work." - "The Atlantic"
" Murakami's gift is for ironic observations that hint at something graver. . . . He is wry, absurd, and desolate." - "Los Angeles Times Book Review"
" [A] mix of American fun and Japanese dread." - Esquire
" An intertwining DNA model of seemingly contrary elements . . . a combination of Kafka's castle, Borges's library, and the Prisoner's TV village." - "Village Voice Literary Supplement"
" Off the wall . . . hilariously bizarre . . . splendid . . . a remarkable book . . . Alfred Birnbaum . . . has captured the crazed, surreal feel of Murakami's Japanese." - "The Times" (London)
" His novels . . . are set on fast-forward: raucous, slangy, irreverent." - "Details"

Murakami s bold willingness to go straight over the top [is] a signal indication of his genius . . . a world-class writer who has both eyes open and takes big risks. "The Washington Post Book World"
He has become the foremost representative of a new style of Japanese writing: hip, cynical, highly stylized, set at the juncture of cyberpunk, postmodernism, and hard-boiled detective fiction. . . . Murakami [is] adept at deadpan wit, outrageous style. "Los Angeles Times Magazine"
Fantastical, mysterious, and funny . . . a fantasy world that might have been penned by Franz Kafka. "Philadelphia Inquirer"
Rich in action, suspense, odd characters and unexpected trifles . . . [a] provocative work. "The Atlantic"
Murakami s gift is for ironic observations that hint at something graver. . . . He is wry, absurd, and desolate. "Los Angeles Times Book Review"
[A] mix of American fun and Japanese dread. Esquire
An intertwining DNA model of seemingly contrary elements . . . a combination of Kafka s castle, Borges s library, and the Prisoner s TV village. "Village Voice Literary Supplement"
Off the wall . . . hilariously bizarre . . . splendid . . . a remarkable book . . . Alfred Birnbaum . . . has captured the crazed, surreal feel of Murakami s Japanese. "The Times" (London)
His novels . . . are set on fast-forward: raucous, slangy, irreverent. "Details""

"Murakami's bold willingness to go straight over the top [is] a signal indication of his genius . . . a world-class writer who has both eyes open and takes big risks." -The Washington Post Book World

"He has become the foremost representative of a new style of Japanese writing: hip, cynical, highly stylized, set at the juncture of cyberpunk, postmodernism, and hard-boiled detective fiction. . . . Murakami [is] adept at deadpan wit, outrageous style." -Los Angeles Times Magazine

"Fantastical, mysterious, and funny . . . a fantasy world that might have been penned by Franz Kafka." -Philadelphia Inquirer

"Rich in action, suspense, odd characters and unexpected trifles . . . [a] provocative work." -The Atlantic

"Murakami's gift is for ironic observations that hint at something graver. . . . He is wry, absurd, and desolate." -Los Angeles Times Book Review

"[A] mix of American fun and Japanese dread." -Esquire

"An intertwining DNA model of seemingly contrary elements . . . a combination of Kafka's castle, Borges's library, and the Prisoner's TV village." -Village Voice Literary Supplement

"Off the wall . . . hilariously bizarre . . . splendid . . . a remarkable book . . . Alfred Birnbaum . . . has captured the crazed, surreal feel of Murakami's Japanese." -The Times (London)

"His novels . . . are set on fast-forward: raucous, slangy, irreverent." -Details

Book Description:

A wildly inventive fantasy and a meditation on the many uses of the mind from one of the world's greatest writers

About this edition

• Publisher: Kodansha International Ltd
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 4770015445
• ISBN 13: 9784770015440
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 416