内容简介
Theyearis1984andthecityisTokyo.AyoungwomannamedAomamefollowsataxidriver’senigmaticsuggestionandbeginstonoticepuzzlingdiscrepanciesintheworldaroundher.Shehasentered,sherealizes,aparallelexistence,whichshecalls1Q84—“Qisfor‘questionmark.’Aworldthatbearsaquestion.”Meanwhile,anaspiringwriternamedTengotakesonasuspectghostwritingproject.Hebecomessowrappedupwiththeworkanditsunusualauthorthat,soon,hispreviouslyplacidlifebeginstocomeunraveled.AsAomame’sandTengo’snarrativesconvergeoverthecourseofthissingleyear,welearnoftheprofoundandtangledconnectionsthatbindthemevercloser:abeautiful,dyslexicteenagegirlwithauniquevision;amysteriousreligiouscultthatinstigatedashoot-outwiththemetropolitanpolice;areclusive,wealthydowagerwhorunsashelterforabusedwomen;ahideouslyuglyprivateinvestigator;amild-manneredyetruthlesslyefficientbodyguard;andapeculiarlyinsistenttelevision-feecollector.Alovestory,amystery,afantasy,anovelofself-discovery,adystopiatorivalGeorgeOrwell’s—1Q84isHarukiMurakami’smostambitiousundertakingyet:aninstantbestsellerinhisnativeJapan,andatremendousfeatofimaginationfromoneofourmostreveredcontemporarywriters.