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This week's hot reads!
The books by these two authors of Japanese descent (Ishiguro is actually citizen of the U.K.) have in common an element of unreality, though the stories themselves are quite different.
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by
Haruki Murakami
A tale of an unemployed, rather passive young man who is subjected to a surreal journey of the mind
when events precipitated by the disappearance of his cat spiral into increasing unreality.
Our users tagged this book with the following terms: Japan⋅ surreal⋅ contemporaryfiction
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Never Let Me Go by
As this story unfolds, it becomes apparent that there's more than meets the eye
in the lives of three teenagers growing up in a sheltered English boarding school.
Our users tagged this book with the following terms:
England⋅
sciencefiction⋅
contemporaryfiction
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