{"product_id":"1q84","title":"1Q84","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - \"A tremendous accomplishment. It does every last blessed thing a masterpiece is supposed to--and a few things we never even knew to expect.\"\u003ci\u003e--San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Brilliant . . . an irresistibly engaging literary fantasy.\"\u003ci\u003e--The Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003eBest Fiction Book of the Century \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA 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 realizes, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA love story, a mystery, a fantasy, a novel of self-discovery, a dystopia to rival George Orwell's--\u003ci\u003e1Q84\u003c\/i\u003e is a striking feat of imagination from one of our most revered contemporary writers.\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 0307476464\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9780307476463\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Murakami, Haruki\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Jan 2013)","offer_id":46081079443653,"sku":"9780307476463","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9780307476463.jpg?v=1776042901","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/1q84","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}