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Gets to the point without padding. Nothing wasted, start to finish.
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Fiction & Sci-Fi
Pinball, 1973
by Haruki Murakami
4.5 · 2 reviews · 4 copies sold
Ebook specifications
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- File size
- 0.2 MB
- Published
- 10/2/2015
- ISBN
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- Formats
- EPUB
Book synopsis
In the spring of 1969, an earnest listener navigates the eccentric stories of university radicals and a mysterious young woman named Naoko against the backdrop of a changing Japan. Years later, haunted by memories of a town with a 'pitiful little station' and a missing dog, he returns to find closure in a landscape where the past and present blur. Amidst the arrival of nameless twins and reflections on the nature of traps, this narrative traces the parallel lives of the narrator and his friend, the Rat, searching for an exit to the stories they inhabit.
What you'll take away
- Explore the surreal intersections of memory, loss, and urban development in 1970s Japan.
- Delve into the peculiar logic of 'entrance and exit' through metaphors of mousetraps and transit.
- Witness the eccentricities of political radicals who claim to be from Saturn and Venus.
- Understand the quiet weight of grief following the death of a loved one.
- Navigate the dreamlike arrival of nameless companions who challenge the need for labels.
#magical realism
#japanese literature
#nostalgia
#urban isolation
#1970s
About the author
Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami is a world-renowned Japanese author known for his surrealist and melancholic fiction. His work often features lonely protagonists navigating the boundaries between the mundane and the supernatural.
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A pleasant surprise
Verified buyer
Finished it in a weekend and immediately looked for more by the same author. The ending landed better than I expected.
Naomi Walker · 5/8/2026
