{"id":14810,"date":"2011-09-15T10:33:37","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T14:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=14810"},"modified":"2015-08-17T09:56:46","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T13:56:46","slug":"1q84-by-haruki-murakami-translated-by-jay-rubin-and-philip-gabriel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/1q84-by-haruki-murakami-translated-by-jay-rubin-and-philip-gabriel\/","title":{"rendered":"1Q84 by Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel [in Library Journal]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2011\/09\/1Q84.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-27965\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2011\/09\/1Q84.jpg\" alt=\"1Q84\" width=\"948\" height=\"1350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2011\/09\/1Q84.jpg 948w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2011\/09\/1Q84-561x800.jpg 561w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2011\/09\/1Q84-800x1139.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 948px) 100vw, 948px\" \/><\/a><strong>*STARRED REVIEW<\/strong><br \/>\nAt the core of <em>1Q84<\/em> is a spectacular love story about a girl and boy who briefly held hands when they were both 10. That said, with the fiercely imaginative Murakami as author, the story\u2019s exposition is gloriously labyrinthine: Welcome \u201c<em>into this enigma-filled world of 1Q84<\/em>,\u201d which begins when sports club instructor Aomame exits a taxi and climbs down emergency stairs in order to bypass gridlocked traffic and make her next appointment.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, cram school teacher and wannabe novelist Tengo is in muddled negotiations to secretly rewrite a 17-year-old girl\u2019s fascinating but still raw novella that has the potential to win a top literary prize. A Chekhov-quoting, Proust-sharing ethnic Korean bodyguard; a wealthy widow who shelters abused women; a policewoman with a penchant for wild, anonymous sex; a religious leader who admits to \u201ccongress\u201d with prepubescent girls; a comatose father with a traveling spirit; a misshapen disbarred ex-lawyer \u2013 these are\u00a0just some of Murakami\u2019s uniquely signature characters who both hinder and help Aomame and Tengo\u2019s hopeful path toward reunion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Verdict: <\/strong>Originally published in Japan as three volumes, each of which were instant bestsellers, <em>1Q84<\/em> \u2013 perhaps Murakami\u2019s finest \u2013 will surely have the same success in its breathlessly anticipated all-in-one English translation. Murakami aficionados will delight in recognizing traces of earlier titles, especially <em>A Wild Sheep Chase<\/em>, <em>Norwegian Wood<\/em>, and even <em><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/2001\/10\/01\/underground-the-tokyo-gas-attack-and-the-japanese-psyche-by-haruki-murakami-translated-by-alfred-birnbaum-and-philip-gabriel\/\">Underground<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.libraryjournal.com\/lj\/reviews\/book\/891687-421\/fiction_reviews_september_15_2011.html.csp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;Fiction,&#8221; <em>Library Journal<\/em>, September 15, 2011<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2011 (United States)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*STARRED REVIEW At the core of 1Q84 is a spectacular love story about a girl and boy who briefly held hands when they were both 10. That said, with the fiercely imaginative Murakami as author, the story\u2019s exposition is gloriously labyrinthine: Welcome \u201cinto this enigma-filled&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[121,5,6,76,6535,66],"tags":[2178,6608,11,1193,1478,70,13,212,216,1480,966,35],"class_list":["post-14810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-absolute-favorites","category-adult-readers","category-fiction","category-japanese","category-repost","category-translation","tag-1q84","tag-bookdragon","tag-friendship","tag-haruki-murakami","tag-jay-rubin","tag-library-journal","tag-love","tag-murder","tag-mystery","tag-philip-gabriel","tag-sex-and-violence","tag-speculative-fantasy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.14 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>1Q84 by Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel [in Library Journal] - BookDragon<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/1q84-by-haruki-murakami-translated-by-jay-rubin-and-philip-gabriel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"1Q84 by Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel [in Library Journal] - BookDragon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"*STARRED REVIEW At the core of 1Q84 is a spectacular love story about a girl and boy who briefly held hands when they were both 10. 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