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The city and its uncertain walls  Cover Image Book Book

The city and its uncertain walls / Haruki Murakami ; translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel.

Summary:

"We begin with a nameless young couple: a boy and a girl, teenagers in love. One day, she disappears... and her absence haunts him for the rest of his life. Thus begins a search for this lost love that takes the man into middle age and on a journey between the real world and an other world--a mysterious, perhaps imaginary, walled town where unicorns roam, where a Gatekeeper determines who can enter and who must remain behind, and where shadows become untethered from their selves. Listening to his own dreams and premonitions, the man leaves his life in Tokyo behind and ventures to a small mountain town, where he becomes the head librarian, only to learn the mysterious circumstances surrounding the gentleman who had the job before him. As the seasons pass and the man grows more uncertain about the porous boundaries between these two worlds, he meets a strange young boy who helps him to see what he's been missing all along"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593801970 :
  • ISBN: 0593801970 :
  • Physical Description: 449 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First United States edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2024].

Content descriptions

General Note:
"This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Copyright page.
Subject: Librarians > Fiction.
Imaginary places > Fiction.
First loves > Fiction.
Missing persons > Fiction.
Dreams > Fiction.
Genre: Fantasy fiction.

Available copies

  • 3 of 4 copies available at Town of Hanover Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Etna Library FIC MUR 31257000328236 New items Available -
Etna Library FIC MUR 31257000328293 Etna Storage Available -
Howe Library FIC MUR 31254003926231 Display - Main floor new books area Available -
Howe Library FIC MUR 31254003926421 Display - Main floor new books area Checked out 02/22/2025


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