In this hyperkinetic and relentlessly inventive novel, Japan's most popular (and controversial) fiction writer hurtles into the consciousness of the West. Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World draws readers into a narrative particle accelerator in which a split-brained data processor, a de
Hard-boiled Wonderland And The End Of The World
โ Scribed by Haruki Murakami
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- Russian
- Weight
- 262 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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