After dark
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
Format
Books
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
191 pages ; 24 cm.
Status
Plaistow Public Library
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FIC MUR
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"Originally published in Japan as Afutåadåaku by Kodansha, Tokyo, in 2004"--T.p. verso.
Description
A short, sleek novel of encounters set in the witching hours of Tokyo between midnight and dawn, and every bit as gripping as Haruki Murakami's masterworks The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and Kafka on the Shore.
At its center are two sisters: Yuri, a fashion model sleeping her way into oblivion; and Mari, a young student soon led from solitary reading at an anonymous Denny's into lives radically alien to her own: those of a jazz trombonist who claims they've met before; a burly female “love hotel” manager and her maidstaff; and a Chinese prostitute savagely brutalized by a businessman. These “night people” are haunted by secrets and needs that draw them together more powerfully than the differing circumstances that might keep them apart, and it soon becomes clear that Yuri's slumber - mysteriously tied to the businessman plagued by the mark of his crime - will either restore or annihilate her.
After Dark moves from mesmerizing drama to metaphysical speculation, interweaving time and space as well as memory and perspective into a seamless exploration of human agency - the interplay between self-expression and understanding, between the power of observation and the scope of compassion and love. Murakami's trademark humor, psychological insight, and grasp of spirit and morality are here distilled with an extraordinary, harmonious mastery.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Murakami, H., & Rubin, J. (2007). After dark (1st U.S. ed.). Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Murakami, Haruki, 1949- and Jay Rubin. 2007. After Dark. Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Murakami, Haruki, 1949- and Jay Rubin. After Dark Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Murakami, Haruki, and Jay Rubin. After Dark 1st U.S. ed., Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
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