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Underground : The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche by Haruki Murakami (2001, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group

ISBN-100375725806

ISBN-139780375725807

eBay Product ID (ePID)1827592

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Book TitleUnderground : the Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche

Number of Pages384 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicTerrorism, Asia / Japan, Sociology / General, Military / Biological & Chemical Warfare, Social Psychology, Cults

Publication Year2001

IllustratorYes

GenreReligion, Political Science, Social Science, Psychology, History

AuthorHaruki Murakami

Book SeriesVintage International Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight9.4 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN00-069310

Dewey Edition21

Reviews"Chilling. . . . Murakami weaves a compelling true tale of normal lives faced with abnormal realities." Sunday Tribune "Powerfully observed. . . . A rattling chronicle of violence and terror." Kirkus Reviews "Through Murakami's sensitive yet relentless questioning, it emerges that the people who joined Aum felt just as adrift in the world as Murakami's own [fictional] characters do." The Guardian, "Powerful. . . . Candid and often emotional." -- San Francisco Chronicle "Both a literary memorial and a frank examination of a society in search of its bearings." --A.V. Club "Impressive." -- The Independent "Chilling. . . . Murakami weaves a compelling true tale of normal lives faced with abnormal realities." -- Sunday Tribune "Powerfully observed. . . . A rattling chronicle of violence and terror." -- Kirkus Reviews "Through Murakami's sensitive yet relentless questioning, it emerges that the people who joined Aum felt just as adrift in the world as Murakami's own [fictional] characters do." -- The Guardian

Dewey Decimal364.1/0952135

SynopsisIn this haunting work of journalistic investigation, Haruki Murakami tells the story of the horrific terrorist attack on Japanese soil that shook the entire world. On a clear spring day in 1995, five members of a religious cult unleashed poison gas on the Tokyo subway system. In attempt to discover why, Haruki Murakmi talks to the people who lived through the catastrophe, and in so doing lays bare the Japanese psyche. As he discerns the fundamental issues that led to the attack, Murakami paints a clear vision of an event that could occur anytime, anywhere.

LC Classification NumberBP605.O88M8613 2001