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Almost Transparent Blue

ISBN-13: 9784770029041

Contributor(s): Ryu Murakami (author), Nancy Andrew (translated by)

Subjects: Modern & Contemporary Fiction (Post 1945)

Publisher: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE GROUP

Publisher Imprint: Kodansha Books

Publication Date: 01-04-2003

Format: Paperback

Availability: Out of stock

£8.99

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About the book

This controversial novel touched the raw nerves of the Japanese and became a million seller within six months of publication. It is a semi-autobiographical tale of the author's youth spent amidst the glorious squalor of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll in 1970s Japan. Almost Transparent Blue is a brutal tale of lost youth in a Japanese port town close to an American military base. Murakami's image-intensive narrative paints a portrait of a group of friends locked in a destructive cycle of sex, drugs and rock?n?roll. The novel is all but plotless, but the raw and