DANCE DANCE DANCE (First UK edition - published as a PBO)

Haruki Murakami (Translated from the Japanese by Alfred Birnbaum)

ISBN 10: 0241131456 / ISBN 13: 9780241131459

Published by Hamish Hamilton, London, 1994

About this Item

First impression of the first UK edition with the full number-string sequence including the no. "1" : 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 on the printer's page. Published in the UK as a paperback original (PBO). The book was published in hardback in the USA by Kodansha International, also in 1994. Translated from the Japanese by Alfred Birnbaum. ***Very good in matt black card covers with white titles to the spine and the front cover. The covers are unmarked - however, there are reading creases to the spine which is also rolled from reading. There is also a crease to the lower corner of the front cover, and another to the top corner of the back cover, with some lighter creasing also to the edges. There is a publisher's 'Damaged' stamp to the bottom edge of the page block, but no obvious damage. Internally also very good with no inscriptions. No foxing. Pages clean and bright. ***In a very good illustrated dustwrapper which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of £9.99. The dustwrapper is complete with no chips or tears - just very slight creasing at the edges. Very slight fading to the spine of the dustwrapper, otherwise dustwrapper crisp and bright. ***393 pages. 215mm x 135mm. ***'Haruki Murakami was hailed as "a mythmaker for the millennium, a wiseacre wise man" on publication of "A Wild Sheep Chase" in 1988, establishing him as Japan's bestselling novelist and a writer of international repute. Here in "Dance Dance Dance" Murakami continues the tale of an ordinary man on an extraordinary journey. Now in his mid-thirties, our hero lives in a world glittering with technology and success. Yet in his dreams his ex-lover Kiki calls to him. So from the urban haunts of Tokyo he returns to northern Hokkaido to the Dolphin Hotel, where the girl with the most beautiful ears in the world mysteriously vanished, only to find it unaccountably transformed. And some things just don't ring true. ***Bizarre, surreal and totally unpredictable, "Dance Dance Dance" is also a witty satire on the loss of the individual's identity, and will reaffirm Murakami's reputation as an extraordinary writer.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***'Murakami emerges as a wholly original talent' - Publishers Weekly (Review quote taken from back panel of the dustwrapper). ***First impression of the first UK edition, published as a paperback original. and uncommon to find now in this first edition - first impression. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Seller Inventory # 7757x

Bibliographic Details

Title: DANCE DANCE DANCE (First UK edition - ...

Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, London

Publication Date: 1994

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: First UK Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

Written by the author of "A Wild Sheep Chase", this book continues the tale of an ordinary man on an extraordinary journey. Divorced, drifting and in his mid-thirties now, our hero lives in a world glittering with technology and success. Yet in his dreams his ex-lover haunts him.

Review:

"If Raymond Chandler had lived long enough to see Blade Runner, he might have written something like Dance Dance Dance" (Observer)

"An entertaining mix of modern sci-fi, nail-biting suspense and ancient myth...a sometimes funny, sometimes sinister mystery spoof, but like all good postmodern fiction, it also aims at contemporary human concerns, philosophical as well as literary" (Chicago Tribune)

"An entertaining adventure that takes us to the frozen north of Japan, to Hawaii and to the dark, damp corners of the imagination... Reading Dance Dance Dance is a bit like being taken blindfold on a joy-ride" (Independent)

"Mr Murakami writes metaphysical Far Easterns with a Western beat...there are echoes of Raymond Chandler, John Irving and Raymond Carver, but Mr. Murakami's mysterious plots and original characters are very much his own creation" (New York Times)

"Brilliantly combines elements of the surreal, film noir and existentialist enquiry" (Sunday Times)