Hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world : a novel
(Book)
Author
Contributors
Birnbaum, Alfred, translator.
Published
Tokyo ; New York : Kodansha International : Distributed in the U.S. by Kodansha America, 1991.
Status
Bellevue - Adult Fiction
Fiction Murakam
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Fiction Murakam
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Donelson - Adult Fiction
Fiction Murakam
1 available
Fiction Murakam
1 available
Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bellevue - Adult Fiction | Fiction Murakam | On Shelf |
| Donelson - Adult Fiction | Fiction Murakam | On Shelf |
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Format
Book
Physical Desc
400 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
ISBN
4770015445, 9780679743460 (Vintage pbk.), 0679743464 (Vintage pbk.)
Notes
General Note
Translation of: Sekai no owari to hādo-boirudo wandārando.
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.
Language
In English, translated from the Japanese.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (Style Guide)
Murakami, H., & Birnbaum, A. (1991). Hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world: a novel. Kodansha International.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)Murakami, Haruki, 1949- and Alfred, Birnbaum. 1991. Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel. Kodansha International.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)Murakami, Haruki, 1949- and Alfred, Birnbaum. Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel. Kodansha International, 1991.
UCL Harvard Citation (Style Guide)Murakami, H. and Birnbaum, A. (1991). Hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world: a novel. Tokyo: Kodansha International.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (Style Guide)Murakami, Haruki, and Alfred Birnbaum. Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel. Kodansha International, 1991.
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