1Q84

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Author:

Murakami, Haruki

ISBN:

978-1-84655-405-6

Publication Date:

Oct 2011

Publisher:

Penguin Random House

Imprint:

Harvill Secker

Book Format:

Hardback

List Price:

AUD $39.95

Book Description:

Book Two of 1Q84 ends with Aomame standing on the Metropolitan Expressway with a gun between her lips. She has come tantalisingly close to meeting her beloved Tengo only to have him slip away at the last minute. The followers of the cult leader she assassinated are determined to track her down and she has been living in hiding, completely isolated from the world. However, Tengo has also resolved to find Aomame. As the two of them uncover more and more about the...
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Book Details

Pages:	368
Detailed Subjects:	Fiction / Literary Fiction / City Life
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	16.2 x 24 x 3.3 cm
Book Weight:	0.656 Kilograms

Author Biography

Murakami, Haruki (Author)

Haruki Murakami was born on January 12, 1949 in Kyoto, Japan and studied at Tokyo's Waseda University. He opened a coffeehouse/jazz bar in the capital called Peter Cat with his wife. He became a full-time author following the publication of his first novel, Hear the Wind Sing, in 1979.

He writes both fiction and non-fiction works. His fiction works include Norwegian Wood, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, The Strange Library, and Men Without Women. Several of his stories have been adapted for the stage and as films. His nonfiction works include What I Talk About When I Talk About Running. He has received numerous literary awards including the Franz Kafka Prize for Kafka on the Shore, the Yomiuri Prize for The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, and the Jerusalem Prize. He has translated into Japanese literature written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Raymond Carver, Truman Capote, John Irving, and Paul Theroux.

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