96 pages
English language
Published Dec. 1, 2022 by Knopf.
In a fantastical illustrated short novel, three people imprisoned in a nightmarish library plot their escape.
Orig: Fushigi na toshokan (Kodansha, 2005)
Art direction and design: Chip Kidd
This short fiction is exactly what I expected from Murakami; it's a surreal, weird, and engrossing read.
Murakami channeling Borges. In addition to being a great, weird story, the book design is incredible.
The shortest Murakami I have ever read.
Det er den klart mærkeligste af Haruki Murakamis bøger, jeg har læst, og det er ellers ikke fordi, ingen af de andre er mærkelige. Jeg har svært ved at finde mening med den her, og den fangede mig ikke rigtigt - i modsætning til mange andre af hans historier.
That was shorter and weirder than I was expecting...
More, please!
