Coin Locker Babies

Coin Locker Babies
Front cover of the 1995 1st ed. English hardcover
AuthorRyū Murakami
Original titleコインロッカー・ベイビーズ
TranslatorStephen Snyder
Cover artistManabu Yamanaka
LanguageJapanese
GenrePostmodern novel
PublisherKodansha International (JPN)
Publication date
1980 (1st edition)
Publication placeJapan
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages393 pp (English hardcover 1st edition, 1995)
ISBN4-7700-1590-9 (English hardcover 1st edition, May 1995)
OCLC32130835
895.6/35 20
LC ClassPL856.U696 K613 1995

Coin Locker Babies (コインロッカー・ベイビーズ, Koinrokkā Beibīzu), 1980, is a novel by Ryū Murakami about coin-operated-locker babies, translated into English by Stephen Snyder. The translation was published in 1995 by Kodansha (講談社 Kōdansha) International Ltd and republished in 2013 by Pushkin Press. A Bildungsroman novel, Coin Locker Babies is known for transcending genres, containing elements of social commentary, surrealism, dark comedy, philosophy, noir and horror.