The Strange Library von Haruki Murakami

The Strange Library: Haruki Murakami

Fully illustrated and beautifully designed, this is a unique and wonderfully creepy tale that is sure to delight Murakami fans. 'All I did was go to the library to borrow some books'. On his way home from school, the young narrator of The Strange Library finds himself wondering how taxes were collected in the Ottoman Empire. He pops into the local library to see if it has a book on the subject. This is his first mistake. Led to a special 'reading room' in a maze under the library by a strange old man, he finds himself imprisoned with only a sheep man, who makes excellent donuts, and a girl, who can talk with her hands, for company. His mother will be worrying why he hasn't returned in time for dinner and the old man seems to have an appetite for eating small boy's brains. How will he escape? 'The best novelist on the planet' Observer

The Strange Library ist ein faszinierendes Werk des renommierten Autors Haruki Murakami, das Leserinnen und Leser in eine bizarre und fesselnde Welt entführt. Die Geschichte beginnt mit einem scheinbar harmlosen Besuch in einer Bibliothek, der sich schnell in ein unheimliches Abenteuer verwandelt. Der junge Protagonist, auf der Suche nach Informationen über die Besteuerung im Osmanischen Reich, wird von einem geheimnisvollen alten Mann in einen labyrinthartigen Leseraum unter der Bibliothek geführt. Dort trifft er auf einen schafähnlichen Mann, der köstliche Donuts zubereitet, und ein Mädchen, das mit ihren Händen kommuniziert. Während seine Mutter sich Sorgen macht, dass er nicht rechtzeitig zum Abendessen zurückkehrt, wird die Situation zunehmend bedrohlich, da der alte Mann ein unheimliches Interesse an den Gehirnen kleiner Jungen hat. Diese eindrucksvoll illustrierte Erzählung kombiniert Murakamis charakteristischen Stil mit einer einzigartigen visuellen Gestaltung und bietet eine spannende Lektüre für alle, die das Ungewöhnliche und das Unheimliche schätzen.

Fully illustrated and beautifully designed, this is a unique and wonderfully creepy tale that is sure to delight Murakami fans. 'All I did was go to the library to borrow some books'. On his way home from school, the young narrator of The Strange Library finds himself wondering how taxes were collected in the Ottoman Empire. He pops into the local library to see if it has a book on the subject. This is his first mistake. Led to a special 'reading room' in a maze under the library by a strange old man, he finds himself imprisoned with only a sheep man, who makes excellent donuts, and a girl, who can talk with her hands, for company. His mother will be worrying why he hasn't returned in time for dinner and the old man seems to have an appetite for eating small boy's brains. How will he escape? 'The best novelist on the planet' Observer