Coin Locker Babies - Couverture souple

Murakami, Ryu

 
9781805330257: Coin Locker Babies
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 180533025X ISBN 13 : 9781805330257
Editeur : Pushkin Press Classics, 2023

Synopsis

A cult cyberpunk masterpiece, and Ryu Murakami’s most famous novel. Two babies are left in a Tokyo station coin locker and survive against the odds, but their lives are forever tainted by this inauspicious start. As they grow up, they join the ranks of Toxitown: a district of addicts, freaks and prostitutes. While one becomes a bisexual rock star searching for his mother, the other one, an athlete, seeks revenge on the woman who abandoned him. This savage and stunning story unfolds in a surrealistic whirl of violence

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À propos de l?auteur

Born in 1952 in Nagasaki prefecture, Ryu Murakami is the enfant terrible of contemporary Japanese literature. Awarded the prestigious Akutagawa Prize in 1976 for his first book, he has gone on to explore with cinematic intensity the themes of violence and technology in contemporary Japanese society. His novels include Coin Locker Babies, Sixty-Nine, From the Fatherland, with Love and Popular Hits of the Showa Era, all published by Pushkin Press, as well as Audition and In the Miso Soup. Murakami is also a screenwriter and director; among his films are Tokyo Decadence, Audition and Because of You.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

A cult cyberpunk masterpiece, and Ryu Murakami’s most famous novel. Two babies are left in a Tokyo station coin locker and survive against the odds, but their lives are forever tainted by this inauspicious start. As they grow up, they join the ranks of Toxitown: a district of addicts, freaks and prostitutes. While one becomes a bisexual rock star searching for his mother, the other one, an athlete, seeks revenge on the woman who abandoned him. This savage and stunning story unfolds in a surrealistic whirl of violence

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Éditeur
Pushkin Press Classics
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
180533025X
ISBN 13 
9781805330257
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
512
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1908968478 ISBN 13 :  9781908968470
Editeur : Pushkin Press, 2013
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