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Series
Rat volume s. 1 & 2
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xvii, 233 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In Hear the Wind Sing, the protagonist is home on his summer break from university, spending his days drinking beer and smoking with the Rat at their local hangout, J’s bar. He reminisces about the three women he’s slept with thus far in his life and embarks on an ill-fated affair with a fourth.
In Pinball, 1973, the protagonist has established a translation company with a friend, and is having an affair with a set of twins who have moved themselves...
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Language
English
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In a Tokyo suburb a young man named Toru Okada searches for his wife's missing cat. Soon he finds himself looking for his wife as well in a netherworld that lies beneath the placid surface of Tokyo. As these searches intersect, Okada encounters a bizarre group of allies and antagonists: a psychic prostitute; a malevolent yet mediagenic politician; a cheerfully morbid sixteen-year-old-girl; and an aging war veteran who has been permanently changed...
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