# End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland: A New Translation - Hardcover

by **Haruki Murakami** (Author), **Haruki Murakami** (Foreword by), **Jay Rubin** (Translator)

**From the #1 _New York Times_ bestselling author of _1Q84_ and _The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle_ comes a relentlessly inventive novel that dives deep into the very nature of consciousness.**  
  
**"Fantastical, mysterious, and funny . . . a fantasy world that might have been penned by Franz Kafka."--_The Philadelphia Inquirer  
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Across two parallel narratives, Murakami draws readers into a mind-bending universe in which Lauren Bacall, Bob Dylan, a split-brained data processor, a deranged scientist, his shockingly undemure granddaughter, and various thugs, librarians, and subterranean monsters collide to dazzling effect. What emerges is a novel that is at once a hilariously funny and a deeply serious meditation on the nature and uses of the mind. This unabridged edition uses the original Japanese title of the book, which was later inverted for foreign publications.

### Author Biography

**Haruki Murakami** is a best-selling Japanese writer. His works of fiction and non-fiction have garnered critical acclaim and numerous awards, including the Franz Kafka Prize, the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award and the Jerusalem Prize, among others. Murakami's fiction is humorous and surreal, focusing on themes of alienation and loneliness. He is considered an important figure in postmodern literature. The Guardian praised Murakami as "among the world's greatest living novelists" for his works and achievements. Murakami is the author of _1Q84, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles, Men Without Women_ and many more.

**Number of Pages:** 488

**Dimensions:** 1.2 x 8.29 x 5.31 IN

**Publication Date:** December 10, 2024

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