![]() ![]() If you’re confused, don’t worry, because I was baffled the first time I read “Wonderland.” I first picked it up in the midst of a yearlong Murakami binge and was immediately thrown by the book’s density in comparison to his other works. The other, “The End of the World,” is narrated by a newcomer to a dreamlike, utopian/dystopian city similar to the setting of Lois Lowry’s “The Giver.” During the novel, it’s revealed that “The End of the World” is actually a version of the Calcutec’s subconscious, implanted into his mind by a rogue scientist. The first, “Hard-Boiled Wonderland,” is narrated by a solitary human data-encryptor-only referenced as “the Calcutec,” the name of this profession-who faces the aforementioned doomsday dilemma and recounts the events of his last conscious days. The book consists of two narratives presented in alternating chapters. ![]() ![]() The delightfully convoluted plot of “Wonderland” is tough describe in few words, but here’s the basic premise. And then do some serious reassessing of your priorities. How do you spend them? If you answered, “Eat Italian food, have sex, and listen to Bob Dylan,” pick up a copy of Haruki Murakami’s 1985 novel “Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World” and read it immediately. You have 48 hours before you’re going to lose your conscious mind and permanently retreat into a world constructed within your subconscious. ![]()
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