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[RARE] Haruki Murakami SPUTNIK SWEETHEART Alfred A. Knopf 1st Ed. Hardcover

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Item specifics

Condition
Like New: A book in excellent condition. Cover is shiny and undamaged, and the dust jacket is ...
Type
Novel
Signed
No
Ex Libris
No
Narrative Type
Fiction
Features
Dust Jacket
Edition
First Edition
ISBN
9780375411694
Book Title
Sputnik Sweetheart : Roman
Original Language
Japanese
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Item Length
8.7 in
Publication Year
2001
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
0.9 in
Author
Haruki Murakami
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Romance / Contemporary, Literary
Item Weight
14.4 Oz
Item Width
5.9 in
Number of Pages
224 Pages

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Product Information

Combining the early, straightforward seductions ofNorwegian Wood and the complex mysteries ofThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, this new novel-his seventh translated into English-is Haruki Murakami at his most satisfying and representative best. The scenario is as simple as it is uncomfortable: a college student falls in love (once and for all, despite everything that transpires afterward) with a classmate whose devotion to Kerouac and an untidy writerly life precludes any personal commitments-until she meets a considerably older and far more sophisticated businesswoman. It is through this wormhole that she enters Murakami's surreal yet humane universe, to which she serves as guide both for us and for her frustrated suitor, now a teacher. In the course of her travels from parochial Japan through Europe and ultimately to an island off the coast of Greece, she disappears without a trace, leaving only lineaments of her fate: computer accounts of bizarre events and stories within stories. The teacher, summoned to assist in the search for her, experiences his own ominous, haunting visions, which lead him nowhere but home to Japan-and there, under the expanse of deep space and the still-orbiting Sputnik, he finally achieves a true understanding of his beloved. A love story, a missing-person story, a detective story-all enveloped in a philosophical mystery-and, finally, a profound meditation on human longing.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0375411690
ISBN-13
9780375411694
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1800424

Product Key Features

Original Language
Japanese
Book Title
Sputnik Sweetheart : Roman
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2001
Topic
Romance / Contemporary, Literary
Genre
Fiction
Author
Haruki Murakami
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
14.4 Oz
Item Length
8.7 in
Item Width
5.9 in

Additional Product Features

Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"Grabs you from its opening lines. . . . [Murakami's] never written anything more openly emotional." Los Angeles Magazine "Murakami is a genius." Chicago Tribune "Murakami has an unmatched gift for turning psychological metaphors into uncanny narratives." The New York Times Book Review "An agonizing, sweet story about the power and the pain of love. . . . Immensely deepened by perfect little images that leave much to be filled in by the reader's heart or eye." The Baltimore Sun "[Murakami belongs] in the topmost rank of writers of international stature." Newsday "Murakami's true achievement lies in the humor and vision he brings to even the most despairing moments." The New Yorker "Perhaps better than any contemporary writer, [Murakami] captures and lays bare the raw human emotion of longing." BookPage "Murakami . . . has a deep interest in the alienation of self, which lifts [Sputnik Sweetheart] into both fantasy and philosophy." San Francisco Chronicle "Not just a great Japanese writer but a great writer, period." Los Angeles Times Book Review
Lccn
00-062004
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
895.6/3/5
Lc Classification Number
Pl856.U673s8713 2001
Copyright Date
2001

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