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thumb|right|US edition of 1Q84, first published in 2011 by Knopf is a novel written by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, first published in three volumes in Japan in 2009–2010. It covers a fictionalized year of 1984 in parallel with a "real" one. The novel is a story of how a woman named Aomame begins to notice strange changes occurring in the world. She is quickly caught up in a plot involving Sakigake, a religious cult, and her childhood love, Tengo, and embarks on a journey to discover what is "real".

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1Q84 is a work by author 村上春樹. It was first published in 2009, with specific publication dates recorded as 2009-05-29 and 2010-04-16. The work has an inception date of 2000.

The title has 42 editions. It is referenced by 85 other encyclopedia articles. An Internet Archive collection titled "Rahul_1Q84 Favorites" exists, categorized as a collection mediatype.

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Book · Open Library

Author
村上春樹
First published
2009
Editions
42
Subjects
New York Times bestseller, nyt:hardcover_fiction=2011-12-31, Fiction, NEW LIST 20111231, Man-woman relationships, Dystopian, Magical Realism, Literary

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Key facts

Book.name
1Q84
Book.translator
Jay RubinPhilip Gabriel
Book.image
1Q84bookcover.png
Book.caption
Cover of Book 1
Book.author
Haruki Murakami
Book.country
Japan
Book.language
Japanese
Book.genre
Alternate history, parallel worlds
Book.publisher
Shinchosha
Book.release_date
May 29, 2009 April 16, 2010
Book.english_pub_date
October 25, 2011
Book.media_type
Print (hardcover)
Book.pages
928
Book.isbn
978-0-307-59331-3
Book.oclc
701017688

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Internet Archive

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Rahul_1Q84 Favorites

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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • Plot summary
  • Main characters
  • Publication history
  • Background information
  • Cultural influences
  • Religious themes
  • Critical response
  • Awards and honors
  • References
  • External links

thumb|right|US edition of 1Q84, first published in 2011 by Knopf is a novel written by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, first published in three volumes in Japan in 2009–2010. It covers a fictionalized year of 1984 in parallel with a "real" one. The novel is a story of how a woman named Aomame begins to notice strange changes occurring in the world. She is quickly caught up in a plot involving Sakigake, a religious cult, and her childhood love, Tengo, and embarks on a journey to discover what is "real".

The novel's first printing sold out on the day it was released and sales reached a million within a month. The English-language edition of all three volumes, with the first two volumes translated by Jay Rubin and the third by Philip Gabriel, was released in North America and the United Kingdom on October 25, 2011. An excerpt from the novel appeared in the September 5, 2011 issue of The New Yorker magazine as "Town of Cats". The first chapter of 1Q84 had also been read as an excerpt in the Selected Shorts series at Symphony Space in New York.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “1Q84” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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