Alumni Book Group: Haruki Murakami, HARDBOILED WONDERLAND AND THE END OF THE WORLD
Alumni Book Group: Haruki Murakami, HARDBOILED WONDERLAND AND THE END OF THE WORLD
HARDBOILED WONDERLAND AND THE END OF THE WORLD, by Haruki Murakami, is the subject for November's meeting.
From the publisher's website:
A wildly inventive fantasy and a meditation on the many uses of the mind
A narrative particle accelerator that zooms between Wild Turkey Whiskey and Bob Dylan, unicorn skulls and voracious librarians, John Coltrane and Lord Jim. Science fiction, detective story and post-modern manifesto all rolled into one rip-roaring novel, Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is the tour de force that expanded Haruki Murakami's international following. Tracking one man's descent into the Kafkaesque underworld of contemporary Tokyo, Murakami unites East and West, tragedy and farce, compassion and detachment, slang and philosophy.
Meetings for 2013-2014 will remain on third Thursdays at 6:30 pm: September 19, October 17, November 21, January 16, February 20, March 20, April 17, May 15. The current schedule is available here:
https://www.english.umd.edu/AlumniBookGroup
Hope you can join us! As always, newcomers & drop-in visitors welcome, and light refreshments will be served.