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An ode to George Orwell's "1984" told in alternating male and female voices relates the stories of Aomame, an assassin for a secret organization who discovers that she has been transported to an alternate reality, and Tengo, a mathematics lecturer and novice writer.
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New York Times bestseller, nyt:hardcover_fiction=2011-12-31, Fiction, NEW LIST 20111231, Man-woman relationships, Dystopian, Magical Realism, Literary, Authors, Man-woman relationship, Assassins, Maestros universitarios, Relaciones hombre-mujer, Asesinato, Assassination, Asesinos, Detective and mystery stories, College teachers, Ficción, Autores, alternative reality, Japanese fiction, Translations into Chinese, Chang pian xiao shuo, Teachers, Translations into Portuguese, Novelists, Japanese literature, Near and far eastern fiction (fictional works by one author), Tokyo (japan), fiction, New York Times reviewed, General, Japanese fiction -- 20th century -- Translations into EnglishPeople
Aomame, Tengo Kawana, Ushikawa, Komatsu, Fuka-Eri (Eriko Fukada), The Leader (Tamotsu Fukada), The Dowager (Shizue Ogata), Tamaru, Professor EbisunoPlaces
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The novel is a sub-melodramatic sentimental metafictional love story in a ficticious world with two moons in the sky, a thriller packed with cults, assassinations and grotesque sex (newyorkobserver). The title is a play on the Japanese pronunciation of the year 1984 of George Orwell. The novel was longlisted for the 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize and placed No. 2 in Amazon.com's top books of the year.
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