The hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world

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• Sheeped

  Entering a Japanese department store one December, an American was startled to see, among the festive tinsel and fairy lights, an unusual seasonal decoration – a row of Father Christmases, crucified. Apocryphal, perhaps, but the endless production of ... (read full critics)

  lrb published on Sun, 5 Sep 2010

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  First Chapter. A guy is trapped in a lift which has nothing in common with a normal lift: it has no door,no buttons, it even does not give the perception of ascending or descending. The guy in the lift starts counting coins using at the same time both brain's hemispheres till the lift door opens and ... (continue)

  First Chapter. A guy is trapped in a lift which has nothing in common with a normal lift: it has no door,no buttons, it even does not give the perception of ascending or descending. The guy in the lift starts counting coins using at the same time both brain's hemispheres till the lift door opens and a girl totally dressed in pink welcomes him.
  Second Chapter. Unicorns in a valley, in a Town, surrounded by a Wall.

  It's easy to fall in love with a book which can be both pure poetry and adventure...

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  Ka- Vivevo in Cina e Anobii era bloccato - said on Jan 12, 2012 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  so it calls a translated book

  How I long for Philip Gabriel the translator of Kafka On The Shore would take up the translation work of this book....Now this version is exactly a translation. For this reason I'd rather go back to the Chinese one, why bother?

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  fruit said on Jul 23, 2007 | Add your feedback

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  Another wonderful Murakami

  You can tell you're reading a Murakami novel just by the atmosphere he invokes in his language. It is beautiful.
  I think this is one of his more accessible novels, so not a bad place to start if you think about reading one of his novels for the first time.
  The translation is good, but there are a b ... (continue)

  You can tell you're reading a Murakami novel just by the atmosphere he invokes in his language. It is beautiful.
  I think this is one of his more accessible novels, so not a bad place to start if you think about reading one of his novels for the first time.
  The translation is good, but there are a bit too many type-o-s in this edition (Vintage Books, 2003).

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  Corstin said on Aug 9, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Awesome book! I didn't like it in the beginning as I felt it was too weird, but I later grew to like it a lot. Who needs drugs when you've got Hard-Boiled Wonderland? ;) Seriously trippin'.

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  shazzpezzazz said on Mar 5, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Two stories book

  This book as others of Murakami, has this sequence of 2 stories interspersed, one of that is about a guy who is a Calcutec, and start a work with a "Professor" and the other one is a guy who go to a fortified city and has to resign to his shadow... it's very creative and with many symbolism.

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  Angeliuska said on Dec 26, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  One of Murakami's best novels. In particular, the way he blended sci-fi element into his distinct writing style proved that he is a really creative and hard-working novelist.
  This is a rare example of his novels that I recommend English version more than the Chinese one.

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  Little Downs said on Aug 8, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Hardcover 416 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0241131448
• ISBN-13: 9780241131442
• Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd
• Pub date: Sep 16, 1991
• Also available as: Paperback and eBook
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