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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
A Novel
by Haruki Murakami
ISBN: 0679743464
ISBN-13: 9780679743460
Format: Paperback
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Summary
Murakami's postmodern venture into science-fiction territory won the Tanizaki Prize, Japan's equivalent of the Pulitzer. In a near-future Japan, the nameless protagonist is a man who has had his brain surgically altered by his employer, the Calcutecs, to encrypt data in a special way. The new client requesting his services turns out to be the extremely eccentric scientist who invented the operation. Suddenly, the protagonist becomes central to a battle among the Calcutecs; their rivals, the Semiotecs; and miscellaneous independent operators intent on gaining control of the scientist's research and getting their hands on a gift given to the protagonist by the scientist: a unicorn skull. This science-fictional story is interleaved with what seems to be a fantasy narrative, in which a nameless protagonist comes to stay in a walled Town where unicorns live and people's shadows have an independent, but weak, existence. This protagonist is assigned the job of "reading dreams"-i.e., picking up psychic impressions-from skulls, and spends his spare time puzzling out what the Town is, how he got there, and how to leave.
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Publisher: Vintage Books
Published date: 1993
Size: 5.25 x 8.25 inches
Weight: 0.8 pounds
Publisher's Notes
Japan's most widely-read and controversial writer, author of A Wild Sheep Chase, hurtles into the consciousness of the West with this narrative about a split-brained data processor, a deranged scientist, his shockingly undemure granddaughter, and various thugs, librarians, and subterranean monsters--not to mention Bob Dylan and Lauren Bacall.
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Qty: 87)
Murakami, Haruki
Vintage, 02-Mar-1993. -. NEW. Brand new item. Over 4 million customers served. Order now. Selling online since 1995. Few left in stock - order soon. Code: U20081009045838G ( more information) Offered by A1Books (United States)
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Murakami, Haruki; Birnbaum, Alfred T. (translator)
New York: Vintage Books. 1993. Later Printing. S Trade Paperback. New. ( more information) Offered by Arundel Books of Seattle (United States)
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel (Vintage International)
International Edition
Haruki Murakami
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Vintage. Paperback. VG/Fine. First Vintage International Edition, March 1993 - Murakami's lightning prose more than sustains the elaborate plot of this thriller, set in a Tokyo of the near future. 1993 The last surviving victim of an experiment that implanted the subjects' heads with electrodes that decipher coded messages is the unnamed narrator of this excellent by Murakami, one of Japan's best-selling novelists and winner of the prestigious Tanizaki prize. ( more information) Offered by PabloAlto Books (United States)
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel
Murakami, Haruki: Rubin, Jay, Translator
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Vintage Books, 1993 Book is NEW; unread.. Trade Paperback. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. ( more information) Offered by Booksmart (United States)
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Murakami, Haruki
Vintage, 1993. Later Edition. Trade Paperback (i.e. 5-6" by 8-9" softcover). New (Condition varies from Fine to Near Fine. Please inquire as to specific condition)/N/A (volume is softcover). Keywords: Novel ( more information) Offered by Borderlands Books (United States)
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Murakami, Haruki; Alfred T. Birnbaum, (Translation From The Japanese)
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