The Strange Library

96 pages

English language

Published Jan. 22, 2014

ISBN:
978-0-385-35430-1
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In a fantastical illustrated short novel, three people imprisoned in a nightmarish library plot their escape.

Orig: Fushigi na toshokan (Kodansha, 2005)

Art direction and design: Chip Kidd

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Review of 'Strange Library' on 'Goodreads'

A bit self indulgent

Every now and then you come across a literary project by a respected author that I don’t think would have been published had it been put forward by someone else. This felt heavy handed and self indulgent. I read this on Kindle, so possibly the material object version of this piece is more satisfying.

Review of 'The strange library' on 'Goodreads'

Det er den klart mærkeligste af Haruki Murakamis bøger, jeg har læst, og det er ellers ikke fordi, ingen af de andre er mærkelige. Jeg har svært ved at finde mening med den her, og den fangede mig ikke rigtigt - i modsætning til mange andre af hans historier.