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Coin Locker Babies
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Coin Locker Babies
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Ryu Murakami
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Translated by Stephen Snyder
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:512 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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| Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781908968470
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| Classifications | Dewey:895.636 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Pushkin Press
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| Imprint |
Pushkin Press
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| Publication Date |
9 May 2013 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Two babies are left in a Tokyo station coin locker and survive against the odds, but their lives are forever tainted by this inauspicious start. As they grow up, they join the ranks of Toxitown: a district of addicts, freaks and prostitutes. One becomes a bisexual rock star and looks for his mother, while the other one, an athlete, seeks revenge. This savage and stunning story unfolds in a surrealistic whirl of violence.
Author Biography
Born in 1952 in Nagasaki prefecture, Ryu Murakami is the enfant terrible of contemporary Japanese literature. Awarded the prestigious Akutagawa Prize in 1976 for his first book, a novel about a group of young people drowned in sex and drugs, he has gone on to explore with cinematic intensity the themes of violence and technology in contemporary Japanese society. His novels include Coin Locker Babies, Sixty-Nine, and Popular Hits of the Showa Era, Audition, In the Miso Soup and From the Fatherland, with Love. Murakami is also a screenwriter and a director; his films include Tokyo Decadence, Audition and Because of You.
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