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Killing Commendatore / Haruki Murakami ; translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel and Ted Goossen.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextDescription: 681 pages ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781784707330
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 895.635 MUR
Summary: A novel by Haruki Murakami that follows a portrait painter whose life is disrupted after his wife announces she wants a divorce. He retreats to a remote mountain house where he discovers a hidden painting titled *Killing Commendatore*, triggering a series of surreal and symbolic events that blur reality, memory, and imagination. The story explores themes of art, loneliness, love, war, and metaphysical mystery, in a narrative that pays homage to *The Great Gatsby*.
List(s) this item appears in: KWAMBOKA MARCH 1 2026
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A novel by Haruki Murakami that follows a portrait painter whose life is disrupted after his wife announces she wants a divorce. He retreats to a remote mountain house where he discovers a hidden painting titled *Killing Commendatore*, triggering a series of surreal and symbolic events that blur reality, memory, and imagination. The story explores themes of art, loneliness, love, war, and metaphysical mystery, in a narrative that pays homage to *The Great Gatsby*.

A single volume version of two books translated from the Japanese.

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