After the Quake – Haruki Murakami

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The economy was booming. People had more money than they knew what to do with. And then the earthquake struck. Komura’s wife follows the TV reports from morning to night: images of flames, smoke, buildings turned to rubble, fires everywhere. Pure hell. For the characters in Murakami’s latest short-story collection, the Kobe earthquake is an echo from a past they buried long ago. Satsuki has spent 30 years hating one man who destroyed her chances of having children. Did her desire for revenge cause the earthquake? Junpei’s estranged parents live in Kobe. Should he contact them? Four-year-old Sala has nightmares that the Earthquake Man is trying to stuff her and everyone else inside a little box. Unappreciated and unpromoted, Katagiri returns home to find a giant frog in his apartment on a mission to save Tokyo from a massive burrowing worm. “When he gets angry, he causes earthquakes,” says Frog. “And right now he is very, very angry.”

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The only flaw, a complimentary card stuck on end paper, otherwise its a perfect copy in beautiful condition. Internally pages crisp. Binding tight. irst UK Edition. First impression of the first edition in English, with full number-string sequence on the publisher’s copyright prelims page including the no. “1” 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2. Translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin. ***The UK edition is the first edition in English, originally published in Japan by Shinchosa, Tokyo in 2000 as “Kami no kodomo-tachi wa mina odour”. The book was also published in the USA in 2002 by Alfred a Knopf Inc, NY.

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SKU: 9781843430155 Category: Title: After the Quake
Author: Haruki Murakami
Publisher: Harvill Press
Year: 2002
ISBN10: 1843430150
ISBN13: 9781843430155
Condition: Mint
Format: Hardcover
Inventory No: 1740

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The economy was booming. People had more money than they knew what to do with. And then the earthquake struck. Komura’s wife follows the TV reports from morning to night: images of flames, smoke, buildings turned to rubble, fires everywhere. Pure hell. For the characters in Murakami’s latest short-story collection, the Kobe earthquake is an echo from a past they buried long ago. Satsuki has spent 30 years hating one man who destroyed her chances of having children. Did her desire for revenge cause the earthquake? Junpei’s estranged parents live in Kobe. Should he contact them? Four-year-old Sala has nightmares that the Earthquake Man is trying to stuff her and everyone else inside a little box. Unappreciated and unpromoted, Katagiri returns home to find a giant frog in his apartment on a mission to save Tokyo from a massive burrowing worm. “When he gets angry, he causes earthquakes,” says Frog. “And right now he is very, very angry.”

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The only flaw, a complimentary card stuck on end paper, otherwise its a perfect copy in beautiful condition. Internally pages crisp. Binding tight. irst UK Edition. First impression of the first edition in English, with full number-string sequence on the publisher’s copyright prelims page including the no. “1” 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2. Translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin. ***The UK edition is the first edition in English, originally published in Japan by Shinchosa, Tokyo in 2000 as “Kami no kodomo-tachi wa mina odour”. The book was also published in the USA in 2002 by Alfred a Knopf Inc, NY.

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Weight 0.3 kg
Dimensions 22.3 × 13.7 × 1.6 cm

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