Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror , Science Fiction & Fantasy
The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Paperback Published on: 09/09/2025; Language: English, Japanese (Original language of a translated text)
Price: £10.99
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An oneiric and elegaic late masterpiece of lost love and parallel worlds from a titan of world literature
The English translation of Haruki Murakami's first full-length novel since 2018's 'Killing Commendatore' is one of the most eagerly awaited publishing even... READ MORE
Just as special as you'd expect!
A beautiful, strange, heart-breaking tale from one of modern literature's most special talents. As with much of his work, there is a real warmth to his cha... READ MORE
A gripping and heart wrenching masterpiece from one of the best!
This book made me fall in love with feeling of nostalgic longing all over again. This novel breaks new ground within literature that I didn’t know could be... READ MORE
everything you could wish for and more
If you are a fan of Murakami, or looking to begin your journey into his work, this book is perfect for both! It has every single perfected Murakami trope, ... READ MORE
Enjoy the journey.
A surreal and philosophical tale which you yourself will decide what you have read. Told from the experience of the narrator, this novel is broken up into... READ MORE
Magical realism served with coffee and muffins
Murakami works up a gem of a mind-wandering story with characters that are good company for your thoughts. So much so that you almost don’t want to reach t... READ MORE
Synopsis
What will you find in the city?
When a young man’s girlfriend mysteriously vanishes, he sets his heart on finding the imaginary city where her true self lives. His search will lead him to take a job in a remote library with mysteries of its own.
When he finally makes it to the walled city, a shadowless place of horned beasts and willow trees, he finds his beloved working in a different library – a dream library. But she has no memory of their life together in the other world and, as the lines between reality and fantasy start to blur, he must decide what he’s willing to lose.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Vintage Publishing
- ISBN: 9781529926941
- Number of pages: 464
- Dimensions: 197 x 129 x 31 mm
- Weight: 320g
- Languages: English, Japanese (Original language of a translated text)
Customer Reviews
View allA very thought provoking read.
Explores some very thought provoking ideas surrounding consciousness and the separation, or singularity of imagination and reality.
The story arch was ... READ MORE
Crossing Worlds for Connection
Haruki Murakami’s The City and Its Uncertain Walls feels like stepping into one of his most dreamlike worlds—yet it carries a gentler, more comforting glow... READ MORE
Four stars!
Haruki Murakami's highly anticipated new book, his first in six years, revisits a familiar town where a Dream Reader examines dreams and shadows disconnect... READ MORE
Incredible work of most delicate beauty
Every time his new book comes up I have a positive expectation he never fails to exceed. What a gift. Takes your mind to a different dimension
A long wait but so worth it..
Beautiful and strange. I am savouring this rather than devouring . Murakami fans will not be disappointed.
Dream Libraries Versus Real Libraries
The latest Murakami novel evokes a fantasy world that people, especially unhappy people, escape to. It takes place in a library, but not a library filled w... READ MORE
I am already missing the characters I met within its pages
There's nothing quite like young love. We can all remember that first teenage love, that first kiss, that infatuation. Nothing is quite like it, and it wil... READ MORE