Haruki Murakami
Hardcover | Pages: 925 pages Rating: 3.92 | 184856 Users | 16815 Reviews
Particularize Epithetical Books 1Q84 (1Q84 #1-3)
| Title | : | 1Q84 (1Q84 #1-3) |
| Author | : | Haruki Murakami |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 925 pages |
| Published | : | October 25th 2011 by Knopf (first published May 28th 2009) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Fantasy. Magical Realism. Cultural. Japan. Science Fiction |
Narration Concering Books 1Q84 (1Q84 #1-3)
The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo.A young woman named Aomame follows a taxi driver’s enigmatic suggestion and begins to notice puzzling discrepancies in the world around her. She has entered, she realizes, a parallel existence, which she calls 1Q84 —“Q is for ‘question mark.’ A world that bears a question.” Meanwhile, an aspiring writer named Tengo takes on a suspect ghostwriting project. He becomes so wrapped up with the work and its unusual author that, soon, his previously placid life begins to come unraveled.
As Aomame’s and Tengo’s narratives converge over the course of this single year, we learn of the profound and tangled connections that bind them ever closer: a beautiful, dyslexic teenage girl with a unique vision; a mysterious religious cult that instigated a shoot-out with the metropolitan police; a reclusive, wealthy dowager who runs a shelter for abused women; a hideously ugly private investigator; a mild-mannered yet ruthlessly efficient bodyguard; and a peculiarly insistent television-fee collector.
A love story, a mystery, a fantasy, a novel of self-discovery, a dystopia to rival George Orwell’s — 1Q84 is Haruki Murakami’s most ambitious undertaking yet: an instant best seller in his native Japan, and a tremendous feat of imagination from one of our most revered contemporary writers.
Point Books Supposing 1Q84 (1Q84 #1-3)
| Original Title: | 1Q84 parts 1-3 [ichi-kyū-hachi-yon] |
| ISBN: | 0307593312 (ISBN13: 9780307593313) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | 1Q84 #1-3 |
| Characters: | Aomame Masami, Tengo Kawana, Fuka-Eri, Komatsu |
| Setting: | Tokyo,1984(Japan) |
| Literary Awards: | Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (2012), Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction (2011), International Dublin Literary Award Nominee for Shortlist (2013) |
Rating Epithetical Books 1Q84 (1Q84 #1-3)
Ratings: 3.92 From 184856 Users | 16815 ReviewsCriticize Epithetical Books 1Q84 (1Q84 #1-3)
So, Love transcends dimensions...And something interesting:Phew. Reading this book is like being in a bad marriage but you can't decide if it's actually bad or not. It started out fantastic. I was engrossed in it and couldn't wait to get home from work every day to just cuddle up with the book in hand. Somewhere along the way, I lost a bit of interest and started thinking about the other unread books in my list. I was tempted to cheat but persevered and gave it my full attention. Some days were great, some days were bad. Some so bad that I skimmed.
If you aren't already enamored with Murakami's writing, I recommend not reading 1Q84 - unless what you want is a treasure hunt for some simple Japanese recipes. 1Q84 is actually a test to see how much Murakami fans are willing to put up with. And the test is a tough one. The first part of the book is nothing short of what you expect from Murakami. But towards the middle it really begins to sag with tedious, mundane descriptions. One reviewer called it memory-insultingly repetitive and that's not
1Q84 is undoubtedly the biggest literary let-down I have ever come across. The synopsis and plot outline sound fascinating, the reviews have been glowing - am I (trying to) read a different 1Q84 than everyone else? Apparently not, judging by the far-too-few reviews that sum up my feelings towards this nothing of a book. One of my favourite lines from one of my favourite of these few reviews is as follows, from theatlantic.com: "It's hard to believe that some of the critics praising 1Q84 didn't
I guess I can now write this review since I've settled down from doing a victory lap around my house as a result of completing this steaming pile of hot garbage. Maybe before I totally slam the book, I should say what I did like but to be honest there was very little to like. The plot wasn't bad. The love story & connection between Tengo & Aomame was somewhat cute. I could roll with all this. What blows my mind is that Murakami felt he needed 900+ pages to drag this whole shebang out.
Aomame, a small-breasted woman, is an assassin who targets men who mistreat women. Tengo, a large man, teaches math, and is a writer. Tengo, the large man, and Aomame, the small-breasted woman, once held hands as children, and although they have not seen each other in the twenty years since, they are still soul mates. Tengo, the math teacher, becomes embroiled in a conspiracy to re-write the novella Air Chrysalis, by Fuka-Eri, a large-breasted teenager, which is a good story written poorly.
Tengo did as he was told. He began pumping slowly.These two sentences, on the second to last page of this 924 page novel, are a neat summary of Murakamis methods in 1Q84. Tengo has spent the novel longing for Aomame and they have just been reunited after twenty years. Pumping refers to the action of Tengos penis in Aomames vagina. Underlying Murakamis general approach to writing is an element of dictation, of simply transcribing the spontaneously generating narrative coursing through his head.
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