The Strange Library -- Haruki Murakami, Paperback

From internationally acclaimed author Haruki Murakami--a fantastical illustrated short novel about a boy imprisoned in a nightmarish library.

Opening the flaps on this unique little book, readers will find themselves immersed in the strange world of best-selling Haruki Murakami's wild imagination. The story of a lonely boy, a mysterious girl, and a tormented sheep man plotting their escape from a nightmarish library, the book is like nothing else Murakami has written. Designed by Chip Kidd and fully illustrated, in full color, throughout, this small format, 96 page volume is a treat for book lovers of all ages.

Author: Haruki Murakami
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: 12/02/2014
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780385354301

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/22/2014
Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2014
Booklist 11/01/2014 pg. 34
Library Journal 12/01/2014 pg. 139
New York Times Book Review 05/17/2015 pg. 12

About the Author
HARUKI MURAKAMI was born in Kyoto in 1949 and now lives near Tokyo. His work has been translated into more than fifty languages, and the most recent of his many international honors is the Jerusalem Prize, whose previous recipients include J. M. Coetzee, Milan Kundera, and V. S. Naipaul.