1Q84 (1Q84 #1-3)
Recommended by Adam Savage, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #6 in Japanese, Ranked #8 in Surrealism — see more rankings.
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 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.
As Aomame’s and Tengo’s narratives converge over... more
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 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.
As Aomame’s and Tengo’s narratives converge over... more
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Adam Savage Seriously, one of my favorite books of all time. (Source)
Rankings by Category
1Q84 (1Q84 #1-3) is ranked in the following categories:
- #90 in 21st Century
- #19 in Abstract
- #17 in Asian
- #45 in Cults
- #88 in Loneliness
- #84 in Long
- #16 in Magical Realism
- #33 in Translated
- #42 in Weird
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