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(*)(Translated by Ralph McCarthy, Charles De Wolf, and Ginny Tapley Takemori) (★)(村上 龍[1952-], Titulo original : 半島を出よ[Hantoo o deyo, 2005], The world has turned its back on Japan : it has been economically devastated, thrown into political turmoil --and then attacked. A small team of highly trained, ruthless North Korean special forces troops invade the city of Fukuoka, holding the residents hostage. This is the vanguard of operation ´From the Fatherland, with Love´ --if nothing is done to stop them, 120,000 more troops will follow. And while the government seem incapable of acting, there is one possible source of resistance, a troubled gang of psychotic misfits, masters of guns, explosives and toxins, self-taught and unhinged. But they are driven only by a desire for chaos, and death... Thrilling, bloody and unstoppable,´From the Fatherland, with Love´ is a vast, mad achievement : an all-too-believable, vividly realized alternate present, with the careening, incendiary power of Murakami at his terrifying best. ◆Born in 1952 in Nagasaki prefecture, Ryu Murakami is the´enfant terrible´ of contemporary Japanese literature. Awarded the prestigious Akutagawa Prize in 1976 for his first book, he has gone on to explore with cinematic intensity the themes of violence and technology in contemporary Japanese society. His novels include ´Coin Locker Babies´,´Sixty-Nine´,´From the Fatherland, with Love´ and ´Popular Hits of the Showa Era´, all published by Pushkin Press, as well as ´Audition´ and ´In the Miso Soup´. Murakami is also a screenwriter and director ; among his films are ´Tokyo Decadence´,´Audition´ and ´Because of You´.) |
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