First published in 2005 by Fushigi na toshokan, Tokyo
Translated by Ted Goossen
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Alfred A. Knopf, New York 2014
See also Afterdark, Kafka na pobřeží, Norské dřevo, Na jih od hranic, na západ od slunce, Konec světa & Hard-boiled Wonderland, Sputnik Sweetheart, A Wild Sheep Chase, Dance Dance Dance, The Wind-up Bird Chronicle, Haruki Murakami: 1Q84, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
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“As for you, my young friend,” the old man said, pointing at me, “I’ll feed you to this dog. He’ll devour you alive. It will be a slow death. You’ll die screaming. But your brains are mine. They won’t be as creamy as they would have been if you had finished those books, but I’m not picky. I’ll suck up every last drop.”
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