“Murakami, who is nothing if not ambitious, has created a kind of alternative world, a mirror of ours, reversed.”

November 21, 2011 | 1 book mentioned

Though coverage of Haruki Murakami‘s 1Q84 has been ubiquitous this month (appearing on this site as well), it is always worthwhile to read the inimitable New York Review of Books‘ take on such things.

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