Author | Haruki Murakami |
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Translator | Alfred Birnbaum |
Language | Japanese |
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Publication date | June 1985 |
Publication place | Japan |
Published in English | September 1991 |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
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ISBN | 4-10-600644-8 (JP) 4-7700-1544-5 (US) |
OCLC | 24009283 |
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LC Class | PL856.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).