It is, for my money, a perfect opening: fast, funny, suspenseful, sexy, dazzlingly weird. Thus begins “1Q84,” the much-awaited, 925-page novel by the Japanese writer Haruki Murakami. Second, per the cabby’s prophecy, she finds herself in, literally, a new world. Whereupon two things happen: First, she performs a felonious act with a homemade stiletto. The woman abandons the taxi, walks down the freeway, takes off her high heels, hitches up her miniskirt, steps over the guardrail, climbs down the stairs and proceeds to her appointment. As she frets about being late for a meeting, the driver tells her she has an option: She can get out of the cab, descend a nearby emergency stairway and take the subway - but, he warns her, the world might never be the same. A very good example of this future classic title, that looks very nice in archival cover on shelf.It’s April of 1984, and a young woman in a taxi is stuck in a Tokyo traffic jam. Please contact bookseller for exact price. Please note : this book is very heavy (1250g) all overseas purchasers may be charged additional shipping. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a quality addition to your collection. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. Couple of minor rubs to fore edge corners, 8mm closed tear to rear fore edge. Minor bump to head and foot of spine, very good condition. Text block has thumb marks and 8mm light biro mark to fore edge, and small spot to lower edge. Boards clean with light bump to top lower corner, title gilt perfect. And in this world, there seems no way to save them both. They are each, in their own way, doing something very dangerous. In this world, the fates of two people, Tengo and Aomame, are closely intertwined.
But in this world, there are two moons in the sky.
This is the real world, there is no doubt about that.
Omnibus edition of the complete trilogy translated from the original Japanese by Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel. 1340 pages Winner of the 2011 Goodreads Choice Award in the category Best Fiction. Incredibly heavy book and priced accordingly. Seguy courtesy of V&A Images Tree by Johan Carpner and green moon courtesy of Getty Images. Cover design by Suzanne Dean incorporating butterflies by E. Fifth printing of Vintage paperback edition. Light reading and cover creases, some shelf wear with tiny split to top front edge of slightly concaved spine, paper lightly edge toned with slight grime.
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