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We all live our lives carrying secrets we cannot disclose. 'Beguiling... Murakami is brilliant at folding the humdrum alongside the supernatural; finding the magic that's nested in life's quotidian details' Guardian When a thirty-something portrait painter is abandoned by his wife, he holes up in the mountain home of a famous artist. The days drift by, spent painting, listening to music and drinking whiskey in the evenings. But then he discovers a strange painting in the attic and unintentionally begins a strange journey of self-discovery that involves a mysterious ringing bell, a precocious thirteen-year-old girl, a Nazi assassination attempt and a haunted underworld. A stunning work of imagination, Killing Commendatore is a surreal tale of love and loneliness, war and art.
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Killing commendatore, Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel, Ted Goossen
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- Released
- 2019
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- Title
- Killing commendatore
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel, Ted Goossen
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Released
- 2019
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 704
- ISBN10
- 1784707333
- ISBN13
- 9781784707330
- Tags
- Fiction, Fantasy, Contemporary Fiction, Literary Fiction, Japan, Asia, Japanese Literature, Magical Realism, Painting (art)
- First published
- 2017
- Original title
- 騎士団長殺し Kišidančo goroši
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- We all live our lives carrying secrets we cannot disclose. 'Beguiling... Murakami is brilliant at folding the humdrum alongside the supernatural; finding the magic that's nested in life's quotidian details' Guardian When a thirty-something portrait painter is abandoned by his wife, he holes up in the mountain home of a famous artist. The days drift by, spent painting, listening to music and drinking whiskey in the evenings. But then he discovers a strange painting in the attic and unintentionally begins a strange journey of self-discovery that involves a mysterious ringing bell, a precocious thirteen-year-old girl, a Nazi assassination attempt and a haunted underworld. A stunning work of imagination, Killing Commendatore is a surreal tale of love and loneliness, war and art.