Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Cover of the first Japanese edition
AuthorHaruki Murakami
Original title
  • 世界の終りとハードボイルド・ワンダーランド
  • Sekai no Owari to Hādo-Boirudo Wandārando
TranslatorAlfred Birnbaum
LanguageJapanese
Genre
Publisher
Publication date
June 1985
Publication placeJapan
Published in English
September 1991
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages
  • 618 (JP)
  • 400 (US)
ISBN4-10-600644-8 (JP)
4-7700-1544-5 (US)
OCLC24009283
895.6/35 20
LC ClassPL856.U673 S4513 1991

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (世界の終りとハードボイルド・ワンダーランド, Sekai no Owari to Hādo-Boirudo Wandārando) is a 1985 novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. It was awarded the Tanizaki Prize in 1985. The English translation by Alfred Birnbaum was released in 1991. A new translation by Jay Rubin will be released December 2024.[1] A strange and dreamlike novel, its chapters alternate between two narratives—"Hard-Boiled Wonderland" (the cyberpunk, science fiction part) and "The End of the World" (the surreal, virtual fantasy part).