The city and its uncertain walls [large print] : a novel / Haruki Murakami ; translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel.
"The long-awaited new novel from Haruki Murakami, his first in six years, revisits a town his readers will remember, a place where a Dream Reader reviews dreams and where our shadows become untethered from our selves. A love story, a quest, an ode to books and to the libraries that house them, and a parable for these strange post-pandemic times, The City and Its Uncertain Walls is a singular and towering achievement by one of modern literature's most important writers"-- Provided by publisher.
A nameless young couple: a boy and a girl, teenagers in love. One day, she disappears . . . and her absence haunts him for the rest of his life. Thus begins a search for this lost love that takes the man into middle age and on a journey between the real world and an other world--a mysterious, perhaps imaginary, walled town where unicorns roam, where a Gatekeeper determines who can enter and who must remain behind, and where shadows become untethered from their selves. Listening to his own dreams and premonitions, the man leaves his life in Tokyo behind and ventures to a small mountain town, where he becomes the head librarian, only to learn the mysterious circumstances surrounding the gentleman who had the job before him. As the seasons pass and the man grows more uncertain about the porous boundaries between these two worlds, he meets a strange young boy who helps him to see what he's been missing all along.
Record details
- ISBN: 9798217013975
- Physical Description: 687 pages (large print) illustrations 24 cm
- Edition: First large print edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House Large Print, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Translation of: Machi to sono futashika na kabe.
- Language Note:
- Translated from Japanese.
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- First loves > Fiction
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Large type books - Genre:
- Magic realist fiction
Available copies
- 11 of 11 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 11 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Library | LP MUR (Text) | 37810435687743 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
