![]() It opens in April 1984, with Aomame, the lead female character, stepping out of a taxi that has been immobilized by a traffic jam. “1Q84” is an ambitious tome of nearly 1,000 pages, too dense and intense for the casual reader and unlikely to appeal to those unfamiliar with the author’s earlier fiction. With his “1Q84” - already a best-seller in Japan and available Tuesday in this country - Murakami has created his genuine masterpiece, one that reaches out to fans while also satisfying the critics who have called for a more deft use of symbolism and literary worldliness in his work. ![]() ![]() Haruki Murakami, Japan’s most celebrated popular author, has spent three decades crafting lonely characters who are devoid of emotion or meaningful connections to society, and who discover a true life only after entering fantastical realms. ![]()
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