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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel
by Murakami, Haruki
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About This Item
Tokyo and New York: Kodansha International, 1991. First US Edition, First Printing. Winner of the prestigious Tanizaki Prize, translated from the Japanese by Alfred Birnbaum. "A fable for the modern age, fantastic, prescient and utterly engaging." Author of the acclaimed A Wild Sheep Chase, this dazzling, witty novel combines science fiction, satire and a warning about the dangerous powers of corporations. 10 x 6½". Purple and green dust jacket over original purple paper embossed Japanese letters, silver lettering to black cloth spine. Purple pictorial endpapers. Fine in a Fine Dust Jacket, protected in mylar.
Synopsis
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (世界の終りとハードボイルド・ワンダーランド, Sekai no owari to Hādoboirudo Wandārando) is a 1985 novel by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami. The English translation by Alfred Birnbaum was released in 1991. A strange and dreamlike novel, its chapters alternate between two bizarre narratives - the 'Hard-Boiled Wonderland' and 'The End of the World' parts.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Prowler
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21804
- Title
- Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
- Author
- Murakami, Haruki
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Kodansha International
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo and New York
- Date Published
- 1991
- Size
- 10 x 6.5 in.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- First Editions, Translated
- Bookseller catalogs
- In Translation; First Editions;
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