by Haruki Murakami · Kodansha · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099448785
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«Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World» is the science fiction novel by Haruki Murakami, in paperback, published by Kodansha (416 pages).
The novel alternates two narratives: one set in contemporary Tokyo, with conspiracies, computers and insatiable librarians; the other, in a walled city with unicorns and ancestral lands. It explores consciousness, the subconscious and identity, crossing Western pop culture and Japanese imagery.
Originally published in Japanese in 1985 as Sekai no owari to hādoboirudo wandārando, it was translated into English by Alfred Birnbaum and won the Tanizaki Prize in 1985.
For readers of cyberpunk science fiction, magical realism and Japanese literature, and for those wanting to start with Murakami's work.
Haruki Murakami is a Japanese writer. His novels, essays, and short stories have been best-sellers in Japan and internationally, with his work translated into 50 languages and having sold millions of copies outside Japan. He has received numerous awards for his work, including the Gunzo Prize for New Writers, the World Fantasy Award, the Tanizaki Prize, Yomiuri Prize for Literature, the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, the Noma Literary Prize, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Kiriyama Prize for Fiction, the Goodreads Choice Awards for Best Fiction, the Jerusalem Prize, and the Princess of Asturias Awards.
