Murakami is the author of 1Q84, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles, Men Without Women and many more.Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Japanese: 世界の終りとハードボイルド・ワンダーランド, Sekai no Owari to Hādo-Boirudo Wandārando) is a 1985 novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. The Guardian praised Murakami as among the worlds greatest living novelists for his works and achievements. He is considered an important figure in postmodern literature. Murakamis fiction is humorous and surreal, focusing on themes of alienation and loneliness. His works of fiction and non-fiction have garnered critical acclaim and numerous awards, including the Franz Kafka Prize, the Frank OConnor International Short Story Award and the Jerusalem Prize, among others.

Details About the Author Haruki Murakami is a best-selling Japanese writer. are set on fast-forward: raucous, slangy, irreverent. has captured the crazed, surreal feel of Murakamis Japanese. Village Voice Literary Supplement Off the wall. a combination of Kafkas castle, Borgess library, and the Prisoners TV village. Esquire An intertwining DNA model of seemingly contrary elements. Los Angeles Times Book Review mix of American fun and Japanese dread. The Atlantic Murakamis gift is for ironic observations that hint at something graver. Philadelphia Inquirer Rich in action, suspense, odd characters and unexpected trifles. a fantasy world that might have been penned by Franz Kafka. Los Angeles Times Magazine Fantastical, mysterious, and funny. Murakami adept at deadpan wit, outrageous style. The Washington Post Book World He has be the foremost representative of a new style of Japanese writing: hip, cynical, highly stylized, set at the juncture of cyberpunk, postmodernism, and hard-boiled detective fiction. a world-class writer who has both eyes open and takes big risks. Review Quotes Murakamis bold willingness to go straight over the top a signal indication of his genius. What emerges is a novel that is at once hilariously funny and a deeply serious meditation on the nature and uses of the mind. Across two parallel narratives, Murakami draws readers into a mind-bending universe in which Lauren Bacall, Bob Dylan, a split-brained data processor, a deranged scientist, his shockingly undemure granddaughter, and various thugs, librarians, and subterranean monsters collide to dazzling effect. Book Synopsis Hyperkinetic and relentlessly inventive, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is Haruki Murakamis deep dive into the very nature of consciousness. About the Book Japans most widely-read and controversial writer, author of A Wild Sheep Chase, hurtles into the consciousness of the West with this narrative about a split-brained data processor, a deranged scientist, his shockingly undemure granddaughter, and various thugs, librarians, and subterranean monsters-not to mention Bob Dylan and Lauren Bacall.

A hard boiled wonderland