Underground
The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche
$36.55
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
10 April 2001
Summary
In this haunting work of journalistic investigation, Haruki Murakami tells the story of the horrific terrorist attack on Japanese soil that shook the entire world.
On a clear spring day in 1995, five members of a religious cult unleashed poison gas on the Tokyo subway system. In attempt to discover why, Haruki Murakami talks to the people who lived through the catastrophe, and in so doing lays bare the Japanese psyche. As he discerns the fundamental issues that led to the attack, Mura…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375725807 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0375725806 |
| Author: | Haruki Murakami |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 10 April 2001 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 133mm x 204mm |
| Series: | Vintage International |
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“Powerful… . Candid and often emotional.” – San Francisco Chronicle
“Powerful… . Candid and often emotional.” —San Francisco Chronicle “Both a literary memorial and a frank examination of a society in search of its bearings.” —A.V. Club “Impressive.” —The Independent“Chilling… . Murakami weaves a compelling true tale of normal lives faced with abnormal realities.” —Sunday Tribune “Powerfully observed… . A rattling chronicle of violence and terror.” —Kirkus Reviews “Through Murakami’s sensitive yet relentless questioning, it emerges that the people who joined Aum felt just as adrift in the world as Murakami’s own [fictional] characters do.” —The Guardian
About The Author
Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami was born in Kyoto in 1949 and now lives near Tokyo. His work has been translated into more than fifty languages, and the most recent of his many international honors is the Jerusalem Prize, whose previous recipients include J. M. Coetzee, Milan Kundera, and V. S. Naipaul.
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