Haruki Murakami : 1Q84 books 1 - 3 signed first edition (Red limited UK HB) - SOLD OUT
One of just four paired copies of the limited "Red" edition signed (both volumes, to the back jacket flap) by the cover artist Suzanna Dean, and with volume two (book 3) being signed and dated by the translator Dr J Philip Gabriel.
The red limited edition was produced by Foyles and was restricted to 1500 copies of each title. Only four of these sets have been treated as above.
The first printing in Japan sold out on the first day of sale. It sold over a million copies in its first month after publication.
Synopsis : The year is 1984. Aomame is riding in a taxi on the expressway, in a hurry to carry out an assignment. Her work is not the kind that can be discussed in public. When they get tied up in traffic, the taxi driver suggests a bizarre 'proposal' to her. Having no other choice she agrees, but as a result of her actions she starts to feel as though she is gradually becoming detached from the real world. She has been on a top secret mission, and her next job leads her to encounter the superhuman founder of a religious cult. Meanwhile, Tengo is leading a nondescript life but wishes to become a writer. He inadvertently becomes involved in a strange disturbance that develops over a literary prize. A seventeen-year-old girl possessed of a mysterious beauty has just entered her first work of fiction to this competition but can't really be called a writer. Her story seems to be based on her own experiences, but it deviates greatly from what is expected of fiction and moves people in mysterious ways. Is her story really true? While Aomame and Tengo impact on each other in various ways, at times by accident and at times intentionally, they come closer and closer to meeting. Eventually the two of them notice that they are indispensable to each other. Is it possible for them to ever meet in the real world?
The red limited edition was produced by Foyles and was restricted to 1500 copies of each title. Only four of these sets have been treated as above.
The first printing in Japan sold out on the first day of sale. It sold over a million copies in its first month after publication.
Synopsis : The year is 1984. Aomame is riding in a taxi on the expressway, in a hurry to carry out an assignment. Her work is not the kind that can be discussed in public. When they get tied up in traffic, the taxi driver suggests a bizarre 'proposal' to her. Having no other choice she agrees, but as a result of her actions she starts to feel as though she is gradually becoming detached from the real world. She has been on a top secret mission, and her next job leads her to encounter the superhuman founder of a religious cult. Meanwhile, Tengo is leading a nondescript life but wishes to become a writer. He inadvertently becomes involved in a strange disturbance that develops over a literary prize. A seventeen-year-old girl possessed of a mysterious beauty has just entered her first work of fiction to this competition but can't really be called a writer. Her story seems to be based on her own experiences, but it deviates greatly from what is expected of fiction and moves people in mysterious ways. Is her story really true? While Aomame and Tengo impact on each other in various ways, at times by accident and at times intentionally, they come closer and closer to meeting. Eventually the two of them notice that they are indispensable to each other. Is it possible for them to ever meet in the real world?
Volume 2 (book 3) signed and publication-dated by Dr J Philip Gabriel (translator)
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Rare UK proof set (2 volumes, 3 books)
First US edition, signed by cover artist Chip Kidd
Example image of US Murakami-signed copy - en route from the US, due soon
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Example image of US Murakami-signed copy - en route from the US, due soon
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