Awards
- Short-listed for Firecracker Alternative Book Award (Nonfiction) 2002
Overview
In this haunting work of journalistic investigation, Haruki Murakami tells the story of the horrific terrorist attack on Japanese soil that shook the entire world. On a clear spring day in 1995, five members of a religious cult unleashed poison gas on the Tokyo subway system. In attempt to discover why, Haruki Murakmi talks to the people who lived through the catastrophe, and in so doing lays bare the Japanese psyche. As he discerns the fundamental issues that led to the attack, Murakami paints a clear vision of an event that could occur anytime, anywhere.
Full Product Details
Author: Haruki Murakami ,
Alfred Birnbaum ,
Philip Gabriel
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Imprint: Vintage Books
Dimensions:
Width: 13.20cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 20.30cm
Weight: 0.266kg
ISBN: 9780375725807
ISBN 10: 0375725806
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 10 April 2001
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Chilling. . . . Murakami weaves a compelling true tale of normal lives faced with abnormal realities. - Sunday Tribune <br> Powerfully observed. . . . A rattling chronicle of violence and terror. - Kirkus Reviews <br> Through Murakami's sensitive yet relentless questioning, it emerges that the people who joined Aum felt just as adrift in the world as Murakami's own [fictional] characters do. - The Guardian
Powerful. . . . Candid and often emotional. -San Francisco Chronicle Both a literary memorial and a frank examination of a society in search of its bearings. -A.V. Club Impressive. -The Independent Chilling. . . . Murakami weaves a compelling true tale of normal lives faced with abnormal realities. -Sunday Tribune Powerfully observed. . . . A rattling chronicle of violence and terror. -Kirkus Reviews Through Murakami's sensitive yet relentless questioning, it emerges that the people who joined Aum felt just as adrift in the world as Murakami's own [fictional] characters do. -The Guardian
Powerful. . . . Candid and often emotional. --<i>San Francisco Chronicle Both a literary memorial and a frank examination of a society in search of its bearings. --A.V. Club Impressive. --<i>The Independent</i> Chilling. . . . Murakami weaves a compelling true tale of normal lives faced with abnormal realities. --<i>Sunday Tribune</i> Powerfully observed. . . . A rattling chronicle of violence and terror. --<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> Through Murakami's sensitive yet relentless questioning, it emerges that the people who joined Aum felt just as adrift in the world as Murakami's own [fictional] characters do. --<i>The Guardian</i>
Chilling. . . . Murakami weaves a compelling true tale of normal lives faced with abnormal realities. - Sunday Tribune <br><br> Powerfully observed. . . . A rattling chronicle of violence and terror. - Kirkus Reviews <br><br> Through Murakami's sensitive yet relentless questioning, it emerges that the people who joined Aum felt just as adrift in the world as Murakami's own [fictional] characters do. - The Guardian
Author Information
Haruki Murakami was born in Kyoto in 1949 and now lives near Tokyo. His work has been translated into more than fifty languages, and the most recent of his many international honors is the Jerusalem Prize, whose previous recipients include J. M. Coetzee, Milan Kundera, and V. S. Naipaul.
