The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

The Wind-Up Bird ChronicleBy: Haruki Murakami Series: Vintage International A "dreamlike and compelling tour de force (Chicago Tribune)an astonishingly imaginative detective story, an account of a disintegrating marriage, and an excavation of the buried secrets from Japans forgotten campaign in Manchuria during World War II. Now with a new introduction by the author. In a Tokyo suburb, a young man named Toru Okada searches for his wifes missing catand then for his wife as

especially the kiss they shared at her sister’s wedding

discover plants

Maggie O’Farrell explores the mysteries that inhere within families

Profiling wealthy Americans–from Astor to Carnegie and Rockefeller to contemporary wealth holders–Phillips provides fascinating details about the peculiarly American ways of becoming and staying a multimillionaire

crazy ruses

founded at the end of World War I with the encouragement of President Woodrow Wilson

he knows something is terribly wrong

反烏托邦小說的共同特點，在於對傳統烏托邦文學的「幸福」與「美好」，提出了強烈的質疑，其故事背景通常是描寫井然有序的社會，但作者會以反面的態度，表達對現實社會的質疑。相對於烏托邦強調整體的安定與利益，反烏托邦則以個人特質與自由意志為重心。最重要的是，反烏托邦想要表達的最大重點，在於探討表面科技進步、秩序井然的社會，是否真的是人們追求的生活呢？

Encounter the array of ghosts said to haunt deserted battlefields

With evocative black-and-white illustrations by Junyi Wu

is getting her hair salon up and running

adventure and fun