1q84

Description:

The novel is a sub-melodramatic sentimental metafictional love story in a ficticious world with two moons in the sky, a thriller packed with cults, assassinations and grotesque sex (newyorkobserver). The title is a play on the Japanese pronunciation of the year 1984 of George Orwell. The novel was longlisted for the 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize and placed No. 2 in Amazon.com's top books of the year.

subjects: New York Times bestseller,  nyt:hardcover_fiction=2011-12-31,  Fiction,  NEW LIST 20111231,  Man-woman relationships,  Dystopian,  Magical Realism,  Literary,  Authors,  Man-woman relationship,  Assassins,  Maestros universitarios,  Relaciones hombre-mujer,  Asesinato,  Assassination,  Asesinos,  Detective and mystery stories,  College teachers,  Ficción,  Autores,  alternative reality,  Japanese fiction,  Translations into Chinese,  Chang pian xiao shuo,  Teachers,  Translations into Portuguese,  Novelists,  Japanese literature,  Near and far eastern fiction (fictional works by one author),  Tokyo (japan), fiction,  New York Times reviewed,  General,  Japanese fiction -- 20th century -- Translations into English

People: Aomame,  Tengo Kawana,  Ushikawa,  Komatsu,  Fuka-Eri (Eriko Fukada),  The Leader (Tamotsu Fukada),  The Dowager (Shizue Ogata),  Tamaru,  Professor Ebisuno

Places: Tokyo,  Yamanashi Prefecture,  Japan

Times: The events of 1Q84 take place in Tokyo during a fictionalized 1984,  with the first volume set between April and June,  the second between July and September,  and the third between October and December.,  1984