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| Original Title: | 1Q84 Books 1-2 ASIN B005EWDA9M |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | 1Q84 #1-2 |
| Characters: | Aomame Masami, Tengo Kawana, Fuka-Eri, Komatsu, Professor Ebisuno, Tsubasa, Old Lady, Tamaru, Ayumi, Kyoko Yasada, Aomame, Tengo Kawana |
| Setting: | Tokyo,1984(Japan) |
| Literary Awards: | Man Asian Literary Prize Nominee (2011), Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Nominee for Longlist (2012), 本屋大賞 for 10th place (2010) |
Haruki Murakami
Kindle Edition | Pages: 628 pages Rating: 4.08 | 17563 Users | 1417 Reviews
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| Title | : | 1Q84 #1-2 (1Q84 #1-2) |
| Author | : | Haruki Murakami |
| Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 628 pages |
| Published | : | October 18th 2011 by Vintage Digital (first published May 29th 2009) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Fantasy. Cultural. Japan. Asian Literature. Japanese Literature |
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The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo.A young woman named Aomame follows a taxi driver’s enigmatic suggestion and begins to notice puzzling discrepancies in the world around her. She has entered, she realizes, a parallel existence, which she calls 1Q84 —“Q is for ‘question mark.’ A world that bears a question.” Meanwhile, an aspiring writer named Tengo takes on a suspect ghostwriting project. He becomes so wrapped up with the work and its unusual author that, soon, his previously placid life begins to come unraveled.
A love story, a mystery, a fantasy, a novel of self-discovery, a dystopia to rival George Orwell’s—1Q84 is Haruki Murakami’s most ambitious undertaking yet: an instant best seller in his native Japan, and a tremendous feat of imagination from one of our most revered contemporary writers
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Ratings: 4.08 From 17563 Users | 1417 ReviewsDiscuss Regarding Books 1Q84 #1-2 (1Q84 #1-2)
{Notice: Ive only read Parts 1 and 2 as the Spanish edition is divided that way and Part 3 is edited as another book}If you can't understand it without an explanation, you can't understand it with an explanation.It's the first and only Murakami book that I didnt like. And I dont know how to deal with it. I'm confused because hes always been my favourite author and except for the essay What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, I've always finished all his books. And I ended up loving theI'm not sure where to begin with this review. HUGE disappointment. And that's an understatement. The biggest mystery is how/why I actually read all 925 painful pages.The story is set in 1984 (but yet sometimes in 1Q84 - not even worth explaining) in Tokyo. I guess the backdrop to it all is that, 20 years earlier, at 10 years old, Tengo and Aomame were schoolmates and they fell in love without ever actually speaking to each other. And circumstances beyond their control separate them soon after
Murakami's mesmerising prose made for compulsive listening. The two central characters' stories are told in alternating chapters and I found having these narrated by two different voices very effective. Another reviewer described 1Q84 as a book containing moments of great clarity... I found this to be true... Moments where I would want to pause and say... Oh yes... That's exactly it... But then the moment falls away and you are no longer sure of what it was you discovered, except that somehow
1Q84 weighs a couple of pounds and has 944 pages in the hardback edition, but the length and poundage are as nothing compared to its looney gravitational pull. Murakami draws us into a world with two moons, a world that may contain respect but is without overt expressions of love. I suspect that Murakami exerts such a strong pull in the original through his strange prose and use of physical details. Even in English, the style is simple and pictorial, like that of a graphic novel where each
The story of 1Q84 is divided between two protagonists, mathematical genius and would-be writer Tengo and the enigmatic Aomame, and through their alternate chapters these two stories overlap and converge. Tengo is roped in to help rewrite a story by a young girl, and before long mysterious events begin to happen that sweep him along with them.This is a bizarre and often brilliant book, packed with strange symbolism and a complex plot which reveals itself bit by bit. It is original and
I'll be honest; this is not one of my favourite Murakami novels. I'm putting it down to the fact that this book has been one of his most highly acclaimed novels, and I developed rather high expectations for it. {3/5 Murakami rating}I recently listened to a podcast about Murakami, and they put into words how I've felt after reading his novels. They leave you floating around in space, grasping for means to make sense. Thankfully Murakami has thrown all these little hints and pieces of raw thoughts
Even though it is a long story(and i dont prefer them) i found it very interesting. The way that the characters are build from scratch and the way the story expands keep your interest intense all the way.I really enjoy it..
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