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The city and its uncertain walls  Cover Image Book Book

The city and its uncertain walls / Haruki Murakami ; translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel.

Summary:

"We begin with a nameless young couple: a boy and a girl, teenagers in love. One day, she disappears... and her absence haunts him for the rest of his life. Thus begins a search for this lost love that takes the man into middle age and on a journey between the real world and another world -- a mysterious, perhaps imaginary, walled town where unicorns roam, where a Gatekeeper determines who can enter and who must remain behind, and where shadows become untethered from their selves. Listening to his own dreams and premonitions, the man leaves his life in Tokyo behind and ventures to a small mountain town, where he becomes the head librarian, only to learn the mysterious circumstances surrounding the gentleman who had the job before him. As the seasons pass and the man grows more uncertain about the porous boundaries between these two worlds, he meets a strange young boy who helps him to see what he’s been missing all along." -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593801970
  • ISBN: 0593801970
  • Physical Description: 449 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf."
Subject: Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
Missing persons > Investigation > Fiction.
First loves > Fiction.
Teenagers > Fiction.
Librarians > Fiction.
Boys > Fiction.
Dreams > Fiction.
Tokyo (Japan) > Fiction.
Genre: Fantasy fiction.
Romance fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 35 of 41 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at North Kansas City. (Show)

Holds

  • 3 current holds with 41 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
North Kansas City Public Library FICTION MURAKAMI 2024 (Text) 0001012573396 Fiction New Available -
Adair County Public Library F Murakami (Text) 34029002744455 New Fiction Available -
Camden County Library District - Osage Beach FIC MURAKAMI (Text) 31320004000829 Adult Fiction Available -
Cameron Public Library FIC MUR (Text) 32311111203025 Adult Fiction Available -
Cape Girardeau Public Library MUR (Text) 33042005007672 River Collection Available -
Cass County Library-Garden City F MUR 2024 (Text) 0002205965318 Adult Fiction Available -
Cass County Library-Harrisonville F MUR 2024 (Text) 0002205965300 New Adult Books Available -
Crawford County Library-Recklein Memorial-Cuba F MUR (Text) 33431000693562 Adult Fiction Available -
Heartland Regional Library - Belle F MUR (Text) 35555002548982 Adult Fiction Available -
Heartland Regional Library - Eldon F MUR (Text) 35555002548990 Adult Fiction Available -


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