{"product_id":"almost-transparent-blue-ryu-murakami","title":"Almost Transparent Blue [Rare 1st Edition UK Paperback 1992], Ryu Murakami","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRare 1st edition 1st printing of the 1992 Flamingo translation (by Nancy Andrews) in very good condition throughout, with no major issues beyond general aging. [Little Lane Bookshop]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAlmost Transparent Blue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a brutal tale of lost youth in a Japanese port town close to an American military base. Murakami's image-intensive narrative paints a portrait of a group of friends locked in a destructive cycle of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll. The novel is all but plotless, but the raw and often violent prose takes us on a rollercoaster ride through reality and hallucination, highs and lows, in which the characters and their experiences come vividly to life. Trapped in passivity, they gain neither passion nor pleasure from their adventures. Yet out of the alienation, boredom and underlying rage and grief emerges a strangely quiet and almost equally shocking beauty. Ryu Murakami's first novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAlmost Transparent Blue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e won the coveted Akutagawa literary prize and became an instant bestseller. Representing a sharp and conscious turning away from the introspective trend of postwar Japanese literature, it polarized critics and public alike and soon attracted international attention as an alternative view of modern Japan.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New England Mobile Remainders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59210152608078,"sku":"9780006544906","price":45.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0842\/6546\/8238\/files\/20260319_111728.jpg?v=1773919694","url":"https:\/\/littlelanebookshop.com\/products\/almost-transparent-blue-ryu-murakami","provider":"Little Lane Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}