Publication

1993 - Vintage Books, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

100,000 words, Guess

Page Count

400 pages

Identifiers

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  • LibraryThing5798
  • Goodreads106484

Classifications

  • DDC895.6/35
  • LCCPL856.U673 S4513 1993

Description

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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