The Strange Library: 107

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014. First US edition. Small quarto in 26, [27] pages: color illustrations; 21 cm. Rear flap double-folds vertically to enclose front. Minor sunning to front flap upper region; else fine. Paperback. ISBN: 9780385354301

In a fantastical illustrated short novel, three people imprisoned in a nightmarish library plot their escape. "Opening the flaps on this unique little book, readers will find themselves immersed in the strange world of best-selling Haruki Murakami's wild imagination. The story of a lonely boy, a mysterious girl, and a tormented sheep man plotting their escape from a nightmarish library, the book is like nothing else Murakami has written. Designed by Chip Kidd and fully illustrated, in full color, throughout."--Publisher. "Originally published in Japan as Fushigi na toshokan by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo, in 2005"--Colophon.

Libraries -- Fiction. Librarians -- Fiction. Mute persons -- Fiction. Boys -- Fiction. Books and reading -- Fiction. Books -- Fiction Books and reading -- Fiction Survival -- Fiction Prisonniers -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Bibliothèques -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Bibliothécaires -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Personnes muettes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Garçons -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Livres et lecture -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Books and reading. Boys. Librarians. Libraries. Mute persons. Prisoners. Erzählung Libraries -- Fiction. Librarians -- Fiction. Prisoners -- Fiction. Horror tales. Horror fiction. Fantasy fiction. Fiction. Horror fiction. Fantasy fiction. Horror fiction. 村上春樹, 1949- author.