{"product_id":"the-strange-library-haruki-murakami","title":"The Strange Library (Haruki Murakami)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFully illustrated and beautifully designed, this is a unique and wonderfully creepy tale that is sure to delight Murakami fans.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e'All I did was go to the library to borrow some books'.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e On his way home from school, the young narrator of \u003ci\u003eThe Strange Library\u003c\/i\u003e finds himself wondering how taxes were collected in the Ottoman Empire. He pops into the local library to see if it has a book on the subject. This is his first mistake.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Led to a special 'reading room' in a maze under the library by a strange old man, he finds himself imprisoned with only a sheep man, who makes excellent donuts, and a girl, who can talk with her hands, for company. His mother will be worrying why he hasn't returned in time for dinner and the old man seems to have an appetite for eating small boy's brains. How will he escape?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The best novelist on the planet' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1978, \u003cb\u003eHaruki Murakami\u003c\/b\u003e was twenty-nine and running a jazz bar in downtown Tokyo. One April day, the impulse to write a novel came to him suddenly while watching a baseball game. That first novel, \u003ci\u003eHear the Wind Sing\u003c\/i\u003e, won a new writers' award and was published the following year. More followed, including \u003ci\u003eA Wild Sheep Chase\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHard-Boiled Wonderland\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eEnd of the World\u003c\/i\u003e, but it was \u003ci\u003eNorwegian Wood\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1987, that turned Murakami from a writer into a phenomenon. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn works such as \u003ci\u003eThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e1Q84,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhat I Talk About When I Talk About Running\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFirst Person Singular\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe City and Its Uncertain Walls\u003c\/i\u003e Murakami's distinctive blend of the mysterious and the everyday, of melancholy and humour, continues to enchant readers, ensuring his place as one of the world's most acclaimed and well-loved writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheodore (Ted) Goossen has translated the work\u003cbr\u003eof many Japanese writers, most notably Naoya\u003cbr\u003eShiga, Haruki Murakami, and Hiromi Kawakami.\u003cbr\u003eHe is the editor of The Oxford Book of Japanese\u003cbr\u003eShort Stories (1997) and the co-editor and founder, with Motoyuki Shibata, of the annual\u003cbr\u003eliterary journal Monkey Business (now Monkey:\u003cbr\u003enew writing from Japan), which, since 2011, has\u003cbr\u003eintroduced a new generation of Japanese writers to English-speaking readers. Essays and stories by, as well as interviews with, Murakami are a staple of every issue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Hardcover), Englisch, 88 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65905449861469,"sku":"K046986320","price":21.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/4698632000001A.jpg?v=1789243140","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-strange-library-haruki-murakami","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}