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The Strange Library
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Author:
Murakami, Haruki
Translator:
Goossen, Ted
Published:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2014
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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.
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Street Date:
12/02/2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780385354318
ASIN:
B00NDTS5E8
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Haruki Murakami. (2014). The Strange Library. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

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Haruki Murakami. 2014. The Strange Library. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

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Haruki Murakami, The Strange Library. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2014.

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Haruki Murakami. The Strange Library. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2014.

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