book cover of 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

1Q84

Alternate History by Haruki Murakami

Blurb

This is the English version of a novel originally published in Japan in three hardcover volumes. The title is a play on the Japanese pronunciation of the year 1984 and a reference to George Orwell's Nineteen Eight Four. The letter Q and the Japanese number 9 are homophones which are used in Japanese wordplay. It is murder mystery novel.

First Published

2009

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tamaryn.mina

Tamaryn.mina

It might be a magical realism book, but it is definitely real.

0 Responses posted in July
ejb3

Ejb3

First act was fantastic Third act was pretty good Second act had almost nothing going on

0 Responses posted in August
mandavi

Mandavi

Die Story ist durchaus spannend und fantasiereich, aber die Länge des ganzen hat den Bogen für mich etwas überspannt. Das ist eher was für den Urlaub als für zwischendurch.

0 Responses posted in November
andrepotenza

Andrepotenza

Starts very well but no need for ~1.000 pages!

0 Responses posted in January
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