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The City and Its Uncertain Walls Exclusive Edition

Haruki Murakami author Philip Gabriel translator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:19th Nov '24

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STEP INTO THE CITYWhen a young man’s girlfriend mysteriously vanishes, he sets his heart on finding the imaginary city where her true self lives. His search will lead him to take a job in a remote library with mysteries of its own.When he finally makes it to the walled city, a shadowless place of horned beasts and willow trees, he finds his beloved working in a different library – a dream library. But she has no memory of their life together in the other world and, as the lines between reality and fantasy start to blur, he must decide what he’s willing to lose.A love story, a quest, an ode to books and to the libraries that house them, The City and Its Uncertain Walls is a parable for these strange times.PRAISE FOR HARUKI MURAKAMI'The world's most popular cult novelist' Guardian'Wild and thrilling. . . Murakami is a master storyteller and he knows how to keep us hooked' Sunday Times'Totally gripping' Daily Express'It’s safe to say that there’s no one like Murakami' Literary Review'No other author mixes domestic, fantastic and esoteric elements into such weirdly bewitching shades' Financial Times

No other author mixes domestic, fantastic and esoteric elements into such weirdly bewitching shades. * Financial Times *
It’s safe to say that there’s no one like Murakami. * Literary Review *
Murakami is a master storyteller and he knows how to keep us hooked * Sunday Times *
Beguilingly enigmatic...Murakami blends science fiction, gothic novel, noir mystery, horror, and coming-of-age story... deftly weaves ordinary reality—“something you have to choose by yourself, out of several possible alternatives”—with a shadow world that is at once eerie and beautiful. Astonishing, puzzling, and hallucinatory as only Murakami can be, and one of his most satisfying tales. * Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review *
Regular readers will delight in the Easter eggs nested in an unsettling quest spun from Murakami’s long-patented dream logic * Observer *

ISBN: 9781787304475-E

Dimensions: 241mm x 159mm x 41mm

Weight: 694g

464 pages