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1Q84

by Haruki Murakami · 2009

Literary Fiction · ranked #177 in category

In 1984 Tokyo, a fitness instructor named Aomame and a novelist's ghostwriter named Tengo find their lives converging toward an alternate version of the world — a 1Q84 where two moons hang in the sky and mysterious forces called the Little People shape reality. Murakami's most ambitious novel since The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is a love story set at the intersection of cult religion, magical realism and alternate history.

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Category
Literary Fiction
First published
2009 · 2000s
Author
Haruki Murakami
Standing
Essential Read

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