![]() ![]() 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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