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Killing Commendatore / Haruki Murakami ; translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel and Ted Goossen.
A thirty-something portrait painter in Tokyo is abandoned by his wife and finds himself holed up in the mountain home of a famous artist, Tomohiko Amada. When he discovers a previously unseen painting in the attic, he unintentionally opens a circle of mysterious circumstances. To close it, he must complete a journey that involves a mysterious ringing bell, a two-foot-high physical manifestation of an Idea, a dapper businessman who lives across the valley, a precocious thirteen-year-old girl, a Nazi assassination attempt during World War II in Vienna, a pit in the woods behind the artist's home, and an underworld haunted by Double Metaphors.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780525520047
- ISBN: 052552004X
- ISBN: 9780525435761
- ISBN: 052543576X
- Physical Description: 681 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First United States edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| General Note: | A single volume version of two books translated from the Japanese. "Originally published in Japan as KISHIDANCHO-GOROSHI DAI-ICHI-BU ARAWARERU IDEA HEN and KISHIDANCHO-GOROSHI DAI-NI-BU UTSUROU METAFUA HEN by SHINCHOSHA Publishing Co., Ltd., Tokyo in 2017"--Title page verso. |
| Language Note: | A single volume version of two books translated from the Japanese. |
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| Subject: | Portrait painters > Fiction. Painting, Japanese > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Psychological fiction. Magic realist fiction. Fantasy fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Easton Main Library | MURAKAMI (Text) | 31901004285765 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albright Memorial Library | FICTION MURAKAM (Text) | 50686015402113 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Allentown Public Library | MURAKAMI, HARUKI (Text) | 34455006495416 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Altoona Area Public Library | F MUR (Text) | 33240004496363 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Annie Halenbake Ross Library | F Mur (Text) | 00140642 | ADULT Fiction | Available | - |
| Bernville Area Community Library | MUR (Text) | 33249022790095 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Bethlehem Main Library | f (Text) | 33062009080319 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Blossburg Memorial Library | F MUR (Text) | 30063001041401 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cambria County Library | FICTION Mur (Text) | 85131001637025 | CACM Fiction | Available | - |
| Emmaus Public Library | FIC MURAKAMI, HARUKI (Text) | 36446001974776 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Summary:
A thirty-something portrait painter in Tokyo is abandoned by his wife and finds himself holed up in the mountain home of a famous artist, Tomohiko Amada. When he discovers a previously unseen painting in the attic, he unintentionally opens a circle of mysterious circumstances. To close it, he must complete a journey that involves a mysterious ringing bell, a two-foot-high physical manifestation of an Idea, a dapper businessman who lives across the valley, a precocious thirteen-year-old girl, a Nazi assassination attempt during World War II in Vienna, a pit in the woods behind the artist's home, and an underworld haunted by Double Metaphors.
