From the Fatherland with Love

Name: From the Fatherland with Love
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SKU: 9781908968494
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By Ryu Murakami

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From the Fatherland with Love by Ryu Murakami is a gripping tale of political intrigue and national security. Set in an alternate reality where North Korea invades Japan, the story explores the ensuing chaos through the perspective of various characters, including government officials and a group of anti-establishment youths. It's a sharp critique of bureaucracy and a thrilling exploration of how society responds to unprecedented threats.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy thrilling, darkly satirical narratives weaving political intrigue with a gripping speculative fiction twist. Falling under General Fiction, it's perfect for readers who appreciate a cunning exploration of national identity and societal clashes within a compelling plot.

From the Fatherland with Love

An ambitious, epic dystopian novel - part political thriller and part satire.

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From the Fatherland, with Love is set in an alternative, dystopian present in which the dollar has collapsed, and Japan's economy has fallen along with it. The North Korean government, sensing an opportunity, sends a fleet of 'rebels' in the first land invasion that Japan has ever faced. Japan can't cope with the surprise onslaught of 'Operation from the Fatherland, with Love'.

But the terrorist Ishihara and his band of renegade youths—once dedicated to upsetting the Japanese government—turn their deadly attention to the North Korean threat. They will not allow Fukuoka to fall without a fight.

Epic in scale, From the Fatherland, with Love is laced throughout with Murakami's characteristically savage violence. It's both a satisfying thriller and a completely mad, over-the-top novel like few others.

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From the Fatherland, with Love by Ryu Murakami is praised as a complex and gripping narrative that weaves a wide array of characters and ideas into a cohesive whole. Compared to Haruki Murakami as the Rolling Stones to his Beatles, Ryu offers a unique blend of dark comedy and thrilling political satire. The novel is noted for its ambitious storytelling and timely exploration of modern Japan, resonating with themes of national identity and political relevance.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781908968494

Publisher: Pushkin Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 November 2013

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Pushkin Press

Contributors:

Translated by Ralph McCarthy
Translated by Charles De Wolf
Translated by Ginny Takemori
Translated by Ralph McCarthy

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 672

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About the Author

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, Popular Hits of the Showa Era, Audition and 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.

Translated by Ralph McCarthy, Charles De Wolf and Ginny Tapley Takemori

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