Name: The Strange Library
SKU: 47079601
Price: 23.78 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: Haruki Murakami
ISBN: 9781846559211

Type

Physical Book

Author

Haruki Murakami

Publisher

Harvill Secker

Synopsis "The Strange Library "

Fully illustrated and beautifully designed, this is a unique and wonderfully creepy tale that is sure to delight murakami fans. 'all i did was go to the library to borrow some books'. On his way home from school, the young narrator of the strange library finds himself wondering how taxes were collected in the ottoman empire. He pops into the local library to see if it has a book on the subject. This is his first mistake. Led to a special 'reading room' in a maze under the library by a strange old man, he finds himself imprisoned with only a sheep man, who makes excellent donuts, and a girl, who can talk with her hands, for company. His mother will be worrying why he hasn't returned in time for dinner and the old man seems to have an appetite for eating small boy's brains. How will he escape?

Haruki Murakami

(Author)

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(Kyoto, 1949) is one of the few Japanese authors who have made the leap from prestigious writer to best-selling author worldwide. He has received numerous awards, including the Noma, the Tanizaki, the Yomiuri, the Franz Kafka, the Jerusalem Prize, and the Hans Christian Andersen, and his name is repeatedly mentioned as a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. In Spain, he has earned the Archbishop Juan de San Clemente Award, the Order of Arts and Letters, awarded by the Spanish Government, the International Catalonia Prize 2011, and the Princess of Asturias Award for Literature 2023. Additionally, he is a marathon runner, triathlete, music lover, adores kittens, and greatly enjoys American literature.

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