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From the Fatherland with Love
Ryu Murakami
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Description for From the Fatherland with Love
Paperback. An ambitious, epic dystopian novel - part political thriller and part satire. Translator(s): McCarthy, Ralph; De Wolf, Charles; Takemori, Ginny. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 540.
An ambitious, epic dystopian novel - part political thriller and part satire. From the Fatherland, with Love is set in an alternative, dystopian present in which the dollar has collapsed and Japan's economy has fallen along with it. The North Korean government, sensing an opportunity, sends a fleet of rebels in the first land invasion that Japan has ever faced. Japan can't cope with the surprise onslaught of Operation From the Fatherland, with Love . But the terrorist Ishihara and his band of renegade youths - once dedicated to upsetting the Japanese government - turn their deadly attention to ... Read more
An ambitious, epic dystopian novel - part political thriller and part satire. From the Fatherland, with Love is set in an alternative, dystopian present in which the dollar has collapsed and Japan's economy has fallen along with it. The North Korean government, sensing an opportunity, sends a fleet of rebels in the first land invasion that Japan has ever faced. Japan can't cope with the surprise onslaught of Operation From the Fatherland, with Love . But the terrorist Ishihara and his band of renegade youths - once dedicated to upsetting the Japanese government - turn their deadly attention to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
Number of Pages
672
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908968494
SKU
9781908968494
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About Ryu Murakami
Born in 1952 in Nagasaki prefecture, Ryu Murakami is the enfant terrible of contemporary Japanese literature. Awarded the prestigious Akutagawa Prize in 1976 for his first book, a novel about a group of young people drowned in sex and drugs, he has gone on to explore with cinematic intensity the themes of violence and technology in contemporary Japanese society. His ... Read more
Reviews for From the Fatherland with Love
A troubled meditation on the soul of modern Japan... Alarmingly pertinent in light of current British politics... A morbidly funny comedy... Above all, it is a phenomenal feat of storytelling 700 pages, dozens of characters and scores of ideas woven into one gripping whole.
Andrzej Lukowski Metro This is a novel by the other Murakami. Not Haruki... If Haruki ... Read more
Andrzej Lukowski Metro This is a novel by the other Murakami. Not Haruki... If Haruki ... Read more