豪華版三部曲版本、以半透明書盒包裝
完美呈現《1Q84》這部融合愛情、懸疑、奇幻及末日氛圍的精彩小說
30年來從不讓我們失望的村上春樹真正代表作
距上一部長篇《海邊的卡夫卡》推出至今已經過了七年,村上春樹寫作三十年生涯的第11部長篇代表作《1Q84》,在日本媒體及書店都造成前所未有的熱烈迴響,並破天荒創下一個月就狂賣兩百萬冊的歷史性銷量。
1979年推出第一部小說《聽風的歌》以來,村上春樹以獨特的風格及有別於日本文壇任何人的個人色彩,寫出一本又一本不讓讀者失望之作,並在他寫作邁向 三十週年之際推出了重量級作品《1Q84》,今年三月在巴賽隆納領獎時,村上自己提到這部作品:「歐威爾寫《1984》是向前看,但在我這本小說裡剛好反 過來。我看過去,但仍然會看到未來。這是我最具企圖心的作品。」今年已屆六十歲的村上春樹,創作力果然澎湃。
小說《1Q84》是關於現 實與真實、愛情與信仰、過去與未來的磅薄大作,故事以雙線進行,並以村上較少用的第三人稱全知觀點來說故事。現實時間是1984年,少女青豆在健身俱樂部 工作,但她另有一個神祕的身分,而熱愛寫作的補習班數學老師天吾則為了一篇小說新人獎投稿著迷不已,兩個主角雙線平行地發展,從互不相關、到發展出奇妙的 戀情,從詭異的1Q84年回到幼年的60年代......
「不管喜不喜歡,我現在正置身於這『1Q84年』。我所熟知的1984年已經 消失無蹤不存在了。現在是1Q84年。空氣變了,風景變了。我對帶有問號的世界的成立方式,必須盡可能快速適應。就像剛被野放到新森林裡的動物那樣。保護 自己的身體,為了生存下去,必須早一刻理解那個場所的規則,配合那個才行。」
(本書中文版由時報出版)
This deluxe three-volume paperback boxed set—gorgeously designed editions in a see-through case, with a removeable sticker on the shrink wrap packaging—is a collector’s item in the making. It beautifully showcases Haruki Murakami’s most ambitious novel yet, 1Q84—a love story, a mystery, a fantasy, a dystopia to rival George Orwell’s.
The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo.
A young woman named Aomame follows a taxi driver’s enigmatic suggestion and begins to notice puzzling discrepancies in the world around her. She has entered, she realizes, a parallel existence, which she calls 1Q84—”Q is for ‘question mark.’ A world that bears a question.” Meanwhile, an aspiring writer named Tengo takes on a suspect ghostwriting project. He becomes so wrapped up with the work and its unusual author that, soon, his previously placid life begins to come unraveled.
As Aomame’s and Tengo’s narratives converge over the course of this single year, we learn of the profound and tangled connections that bind them ever closer: a beautiful, dyslexic teenage girl with a unique vision; a mysterious religious cult that instigated a shoot-out with the metropolitan police; a reclusive, wealthy dowager who runs a shelter for abused women; a hideously ugly private investigator; a mild-mannered yet ruthlessly efficient bodyguard; and a peculiarly insistent television-fee collector.
An instant bestseller around the world, 1Q84 is a tremendous feat of imagination from one of our most revered contemporary writers.