The Strange Library

Haruki Murakami, Ted Goossen

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English

Harvill
02 December 2014

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

ABBEY'S CHOICE DECEMBER 2014 ----- 'All I did was go to the library to borrow some books'. On his way home from school, the young narrator of The Strange Library finds himself wondering how taxes were collected in the Ottoman Empire. He pops into the local library to see if it has a book on the subject. This is his first mistake.

Led to a special 'reading room' in a maze under the library by a strange old man, he finds himself imprisoned with only a sheep man, who makes excellent donuts, and a girl, who can talk with her hands, for company. His mother will be worrying why he hasn't returned in time for dinner and the old man seems to have an appetite for eating small boy's brains. How will he escape?

By: Haruki Murakami
Translated by: Ted Goossen
Imprint: Harvill
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 205mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 272g
ISBN: 9781846559211
ISBN 10: 1846559219
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 02 December 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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Reviews for The Strange Library

The best novelist on the planet Observer Murakami is like a magician who explains what he's doing as he performs the trick and still makes you believe he has supernatural powers ... But while anyone can tell a story that resembles a dream, it's the rare artist, like this one, who can make us feel that we are dreaming it ourselves. New York Times Book Review