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After dark / Haruki Murakami ; translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextDescription: 201 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781787304239
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 895.635 MUR
Summary: he story follows Mari Asai, a quiet and intelligent 19-year-old student who spends the night reading in a Denny’s restaurant after missing the last train home. There she meets Takahashi, a jazz musician who once went on a double date with Mari and her beautiful older sister, Eri. While Mari wanders through Tokyo’s nightlife, helping strangers and encountering unusual people, Eri remains at home in a mysterious, almost supernatural sleep that she cannot wake from. The novel alternates between Mari’s real-world experiences and eerie scenes involving Eri, who appears trapped in a strange television-like dimension watched by a faceless man.
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869.3 AGU A Practical Guide to Levitation / 891.8 MYS Stone Upon Stone/ 895.151 JIA The Message / 895.635 MUR After dark /

he story follows Mari Asai, a quiet and intelligent 19-year-old student who spends the night reading in a Denny’s restaurant after missing the last train home. There she meets Takahashi, a jazz musician who once went on a double date with Mari and her beautiful older sister, Eri.
While Mari wanders through Tokyo’s nightlife, helping strangers and encountering unusual people, Eri remains at home in a mysterious, almost supernatural sleep that she cannot wake from. The novel alternates between Mari’s real-world experiences and eerie scenes involving Eri, who appears trapped in a strange television-like dimension watched by a faceless man.

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