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An edition of 1Q84 (2009)

1Q84

Book One, Book Two and Book Three

by and

  • ★★★ ★ 3.9 (38 ratings) ·
  • 198 Want to read
  • 8 Currently reading
  • 63 Have read

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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Harvill Secker
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Subjects

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 English

People

Aomame, Tengo Kawana, Ushikawa, Komatsu, Fuka-Eri (Eriko Fukada), The Leader (Tamotsu Fukada), The Dowager (Shizue Ogata), Tamaru, Professor Ebisuno

Places

Tokyo, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan

Times

The events of 1Q84 take place in Tokyo during a fictionalized 1984, with the first volume set between April and June, the second between July and September, and the third between October and December., 1984

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1Q84
2012, Penguin Random House
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1Q84
2011, Ėksmo, Domino
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1Q84
2011, Alfred A. Knopf
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1Q84: Book One, Book Two and Book Three
2011, Harvill Secker
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First Sentence

"The taxi's radio was tuned to a classical FM broadcast."

Edition Notes

Published in
London, England
Copyright Date
2009/2010
Translation Of
1Q84
Translated From
Japanese

Contributors

Translator
Jay Rubin
Translator
Philip Gabriel

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Format
Hardcover
Pagination
944
Weight
1.301

ID Numbers

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OL40378448M
ISBN 13
9781846555497

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July 29, 2023 Edited by sunrisepianomonkey Correcting subtitle, this is how it apperars in the dust jacket, cover and spine
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July 29, 2023 Edited by sunrisepianomonkey Added information, source credited
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