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1Q84
- Narrated by: Allison Hiroto, Marc Vietor, Mark Boyett
- Length: 46 hrs and 45 mins
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Publisher's Summary
The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo.
A young woman named Aomame follows a taxi driver's enigmatic suggestion and begins to notice puzzling discrepancies in the world around her. She has entered, she realises, a parallel existence, which she calls 1Q84 - 'Q' is for 'question mark'. A world that bears a question.
Meanwhile, an aspiring writer named Tengo takes on a suspect ghostwriting project. He becomes so wrapped up with the work and its unusual author that, soon, his previously placid life begins to come unraveled.
As Aomame's and Tengo's narratives converge over the course of this single year, we learn of the profound and tangled connections that bind them ever closer: a beautiful, dyslexic teenage girl with a unique vision; a mysterious religious cult that instigated a shoot-out with the metropolitan police; a reclusive, wealthy dowager who runs a shelter for abused women; a hideously ugly private investigator; a mild-mannered yet ruthlessly efficient bodyguard; and a peculiarly insistent television-fee collector.
A love story, a mystery, a fantasy, a novel of self-discovery, a dystopia to rival George Orwell's, 1Q84 is Haruki Murakami's most ambitious undertaking yet: an instant best seller in his native Japan, and a tremendous feat of imagination from one of our most revered contemporary writers.
BONUS AUDIO: Audible interviews the translators of 1Q84, Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel.
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- Dr. Jeannette Kavanagh
- 20-03-2017
Third time around even better.
I've read this book twice before listening to it. The narration was perfect and made the work more entrancing.
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- M Kelly
- 20-04-2018
Disappointing and clumsy
It read like a teenage boy had written large parts. I don't know any women who think about their own breasts half as much as the female characters in 1Q84. My eyes were nearly rolling out of my head by the end.
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- Robo
- 20-10-2018
Certainly an unusual read
An interesting story that slowly weaves the threads together, knowing a little of Japan helps.
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- Audrey Dockery
- 14-05-2023
Best Murakami book ,
This is my favourite Murakami thus far, not only beautifully written but an engrossing and exciting story. Characters are well crafted and relatable. They have become part of my world. I loved this book! Well read excellent delivery.
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- suja
- 25-05-2017
An Interesting Experience
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
not sure? I would recommend it if they were looking for something really different to read.
Would you ever listen to anything by the authors again?
maybe? I think it depends on if im in the right mood to listen to that sot
What does the narrators bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
The narrators really gave the book a sense of reflection and tranquility. They really brought the book the 'Japan' feel. I don't know how else to explain it.
Do you think 1Q84 needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
YES!!! SO many unanswered questions!!!
Any additional comments?
I wouldn't call it a bad book - I wouldn't say I didn't like it... lets just say - it was an experience, definitely an acquired taste... but worth a try - its unusual
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- Douglas
- 16-06-2016
Disappointing
The voices used were irritating. A kind of odd whispered emotionless delivery. The story would I think have made a single book of around 300 pages. The story was very stretched out and by comparison to his other novels less inventive and less puzzling. What I could not determine was whether the performances directly affected my views on the story.
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- Lily
- 02-10-2017
Interesting story, very long but worth it
I did this this story was very long and in some points repetitive but overall I really enjoyed it. The narration was excellent and very entertaining and the story is really intricate and woven together tightly, much like murakami's other novels such as Kafka on the Shore and The Wind up Bird.
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- Yvonne Colledge
- 06-05-2015
loved it
I loved this story. was disappointed when it finished. Will highly recommend it. thank you
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- Justinecs
- 24-01-2018
Long strange but intriguing
Murakami at his most detailed and strangest. It seemed to go on a bit too much but it was still enjoyable. I found it very well narrated .
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- Tessa
- 14-02-2015
Captivated the entire time
The narration for this story is very well done, the book is so large and daunting that I don't think I could have maintained reading it as regularly as I did when listening to this audiobook. I love hearing the surreal and detailed descriptions and listening to this book provided a very convenient means of escape during the work week.
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