Hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world : a novel
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Author
Contributors
Birnbaum, Alfred translator.
Published
New York : Vintage Books, 1993.
ISBN
0679743464, 9780679743460
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bedford Park Public Library District - Stacks | FIC Mur | On Shelf |
| Bensenville Community Public Library District - Fiction | MURAKAMI | On Shelf |
| Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult | FICTION MURAKAMI, H. | On Shelf |
| Flossmoor Public Library - Stacks | FIC MUR | On Shelf |
| Glen Ellyn Public Library - Adult Fiction | FIC MURAKAMI, HARUKI | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Vintage Books, 1993.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
400 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
Language
English
ISBN
0679743464, 9780679743460
Notes
Description
The last surviving victim of an experiment that implanted the subjects' heads with electrodes that decipher coded messages is the unnamed narrator. Half the chapters are set in Tokyo, where the narrator negotiates underground worlds populated by INKlings, dodges opponents of both sides of a raging high-tech infowar, and engages in an affair with a beautiful librarian with a gargantuan appetite. In alternating chapters he tries to reunite with his mind and his shadow, from which he has been severed by the grim, dark "replacement" consciousness implanted in him by a dotty neurophysiologist. Both worlds share the unearthly theme of unicorn skulls that moan and glow.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Murakami, H., & Birnbaum, A. (1993). Hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world: a novel (First Vintage international edition.). Vintage Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Murakami, Haruki, 1949- and Alfred Birnbaum. 1993. Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel. Vintage Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Murakami, Haruki, 1949- and Alfred Birnbaum. Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel Vintage Books, 1993.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Murakami, Haruki, and Alfred Birnbaum. Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel First Vintage international edition., Vintage Books, 1993.
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