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Underground

The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche

The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche

The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche

By Haruki Murakami

By Haruki Murakami

By Haruki Murakami

By Haruki Murakami

By Haruki Murakami
Read by Feodor Chin, Ian Anthony Dale and Janet Song

By Haruki Murakami
Read by Feodor Chin, Ian Anthony Dale and Janet Song

Part of Vintage International

Part of Vintage International

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Apr 10, 2001 | 384 Pages

Ebook $11.99

Aug 11, 2010 | 384 Pages

Audiobook Download $22.50

Sep 03, 2013 | 813 Minutes

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    About Underground

    Coming this October: Killing Commendatore, the much-anticipated new novel from Haruki Murakami

    In this haunting work of journalistic investigation, Haruki Murakami tells the story of the horrific terrorist attack on Japanese soil that shook the entire world.
     
    On a clear spring day in 1995, five members of a religious cult unleashed poison gas on the Tokyo subway system. In attempt to discover why, Haruki Murakmi talks to the people who lived through the catastrophe, and in so doing lays bare the Japanese psyche. As he discerns the fundamental issues that led to the attack, Murakami paints a clear vision of an event that could occur anytime, anywhere.

    About Underground

    Coming this October: Killing Commendatore, the much-anticipated new novel from Haruki Murakami

    In this haunting work of journalistic investigation, Haruki Murakami tells the story of the horrific terrorist attack on Japanese soil that shook the entire world.
     
    On a clear spring day in 1995, five members of a religious cult unleashed poison gas on the Tokyo subway system. In attempt to discover why, Haruki Murakmi talks to the people who lived through the catastrophe, and in so doing lays bare the Japanese psyche. As he discerns the fundamental issues that led to the attack, Murakami paints a clear vision of an event that could occur anytime, anywhere.

    About Underground

    Coming this October: Killing Commendatore, the much-anticipated new novel from Haruki Murakami

    In this haunting work of journalistic investigation, Haruki Murakami tells the story of the horrific terrorist attack on Japanese soil that shook the entire world.
     
    On a clear spring day in 1995, five members of a religious cult unleashed poison gas on the Tokyo subway system. In attempt to discover why, Haruki Murakmi talks to the people who lived through the catastrophe, and in so doing lays bare the Japanese psyche. As he discerns the fundamental issues that led to the attack, Murakami paints a clear vision of an event that could occur anytime, anywhere.

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    About Haruki Murakami

    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 Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award, whose… More about Haruki Murakami

    About Haruki Murakami

    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 Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award, whose… More about Haruki Murakami

    About Haruki Murakami

    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 Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award, whose… More about Haruki Murakami

    Product Details

    Category: Asian World History | Psychology | Religion

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Vintage
    Apr 10, 2001 | 384 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780375725807

    Category: Asian World History | Psychology | Religion

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Vintage
    Aug 11, 2010 | 384 Pages | ISBN 9780307762757

    Category: Asian World History | Psychology | Religion | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $22.50
    Published by Random House Audio
    Sep 03, 2013 | 813 Minutes | ISBN 9780804166713

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    Praise

    “Powerful. . . . Candid and often emotional.” —San Francisco Chronicle

     “Both a literary memorial and a frank examination of a society in search of its bearings.” —A.V. Club

    “Impressive.” —The Independent

    “Chilling. . . . Murakami weaves a compelling true tale of normal lives faced with abnormal realities.” —Sunday Tribune

    “Powerfully observed. . . . A rattling chronicle of violence and terror.” —Kirkus Reviews

    “Through Murakami’s sensitive yet relentless questioning, it emerges that the people who joined Aum felt just as adrift in the world as Murakami’s own [fictional] characters do.” —The Guardian

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