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In After Dark—a gripping novel of late night encounters—Murakami’s trademark humor and psychological insight are distilled with an extraordinary, harmonious mastery.Nineteen-year-old Mari is waiting out the night in an anonymous Denny’s when she meets a young man who insists he knows her older sister, thus setting her on an odyssey through the sleeping city. In the space of a single night, the lives of a diverse cast of Tokyo residents—models, prostitutes, mobsters, and musicians—collide in a world suspended between fantasy and reality. Utterly enchanting and infused with surrealism, After Dark is a thrilling account of the magical hours separating midnight from dawn.
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After Dark, Haruki Murakami, 村上春樹
- Language
- Released
- 2007
- Binding
- (Hardcover)
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- Title
- After Dark
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Haruki Murakami, 村上春樹
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Released
- 2007
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 191
- ISBN10
- 0307265838
- ISBN13
- 9780307265838
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Literary Fiction, Gifts for men, Japan, Violence, Japanese Literature, Investigation, Magical Realism, Prostitution
- First published
- 2004
- Original title
- Afutádáku
- Rating
- 3.8 out of 5
- Description
- In After Dark—a gripping novel of late night encounters—Murakami’s trademark humor and psychological insight are distilled with an extraordinary, harmonious mastery.Nineteen-year-old Mari is waiting out the night in an anonymous Denny’s when she meets a young man who insists he knows her older sister, thus setting her on an odyssey through the sleeping city. In the space of a single night, the lives of a diverse cast of Tokyo residents—models, prostitutes, mobsters, and musicians—collide in a world suspended between fantasy and reality. Utterly enchanting and infused with surrealism, After Dark is a thrilling account of the magical hours separating midnight from dawn.