{"product_id":"hard-boiled-wonderland-and-the-end-of-the-world-the-original-translation-of-murakami-s-mind-bending-classic","title":"Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: The original translation of Murakami’s mind-bending classic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Murakami, Haruki\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage Classics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 03-07-2025\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Murakami''s surreal, mind-bending masterpiece: a sci-fi pastiche and a Utopian fantasy novel ingeniously woven together.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nA narrative particle accelerator that zooms between Wild Turkey Whiskey and Bob Dylan. Unicorn skulls and voracious librarians. John Coltrane and Lord Jim. Science fiction, detective story, post-modern manifesto. All this rolled into one rip-roaring novel, End of the World and Hard-boiled Wonderland is the tour de force that expanded Haruki Murakami’s international following.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nTracking one man''s descent into the Kafkaesque underworld of contemporary Tokyo, Murakami unites East and West, tragedy and farce, compassion and detachment, slang and philosophy.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n‘A remarkable writer...he captures the common ache of contemporary heart and head’ Jay McInerney\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n‘His fantasies, with their easy reference to western pulp fiction and music, retain a beauty of the mind’ Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781529957754\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.8 x 5.0 x 1.5 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English, Japanese\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50752906625328,"sku":"Prakash_9781529957754","price":559.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/71v8KUWGOSL.jpg?v=1770729046","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/bn\/products\/hard-boiled-wonderland-and-the-end-of-the-world-the-original-translation-of-murakami-s-mind-bending-classic","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}