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The City and Its Uncertain Walls
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The City and Its Uncertain Walls, by Haruki Murakami, was originally published in Japanese in 2023 by Shinchosha Publishing Co. On November 19, 2024, an English translation by Philip Gabriel was published by Alfred A. Knopf. The novel is based on a novella Murakami published in a magazine early in his career, titled The City, and Its Uncertain Walls, and is a companion novel to Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. Both novels use the same premise of a fantastical town hidden in the protagonist’s subconscious as a setting, though the stories they tell are different.
In The City and Its Uncertain Walls, the unnamed protagonist searches for the love of his life, his teenage girlfriend, in the walled town she once told him about. As he maneuvers through his own reality and that of the town, he learns about the nature of time and reality, as well as his own heart. The novel contains many classic themes of Murakami’s work, such as elements of magical realism, questions about the nature of reality, and the mysteries of the human mind. The City and Its Uncertain Walls features themes such as Unlock all 63 pages of this Study Guide Plus, gain access to 8,850+ more expert-written Study Guides. Including features:
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