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Grave, contemporary, bleak and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
- rawmeticulous
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About the book
- Author
- Ryū Murakami
- First published
- 2002
- Pages
- 400
- Publisher
- Kodansha International
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9784770028969
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First sentence
“The woman pushed on the baby's stomach and sucked its penis into her mouth; it was thinner than the American menthols she smoked and a bit slimy, like raw fish.”
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