The Strange Library

96 pages

English language

Published Dec. 1, 2022 by Knopf.

ISBN:
978-0-385-35430-1
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OCLC Number:
904973674

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In a fantastical illustrated short novel, three people imprisoned in a nightmarish library plot their escape.

Orig: Fushigi na toshokan (Kodansha, 2005)

Art direction and design: Chip Kidd

1 edition

A short kid's fable

Whoops! This is a short story. I thought it was a book.

I love Murakami's style, but it's an adult style. It doesn't fit so well for a simple fable told by a child.

Subjects

  • Books and reading
  • Libraries
  • Mute persons
  • Boys
  • Librarians
  • Prisoners
  • Fiction