{"product_id":"9781908968494-from-the-fatherland-with-love","title":"From the Fatherland with Love","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn ambitious, epic dystopian novel - part political thriller and part satire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn ambitious, epic dystopian novel - part political thriller and part satire.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom the Fatherland, with Love\u003c\/em\u003e is set in an alternative, dystopian present in which the dollar has collapsed and Japan's economy has fallen along with it. The North Korean government, sensing an opportunity, sends a fleet of rebels in the first land invasion that Japan has ever faced. Japan can't cope with the surprise onslaught of Operation From the Fatherland, with Love . But the terrorist Ishihara and his band of renegade youths - once dedicated to upsetting the Japanese government - turn their deadly attention to the North Korean threat. They will not allow Fukuoka to fall without a fight. Epic in scale, \u003cem\u003eFrom the Fatherland, with Love\u003c\/em\u003e is laced throughout with Murakami's characteristically savage violence. It's both a satisfying thriller and a completely mad, over-the-top novel like few others.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTranslated by Ralph McCarthy, Charles De Wolf and Ginny Tapley Takemori, and published by Pushkin Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A troubled meditation on the soul of modern Japan. Alarmingly pertinent in light of current British politics. A morbidly funny comedy. Above all, it is a phenomenal feat of storytelling 700 pages, dozens of characters and scores of ideas woven into one gripping whole.' Andrzej Lukowski, \u003cem\u003eMetro\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This is a novel by the other Murakami. Not Haruki. If Haruki is \u003cem\u003eThe Beatles\u003c\/em\u003e of Japanese literature, Ryu is its \u003cem\u003eRolling Stones\u003c\/em\u003e. [\u003cem\u003eFrom the Fatherland, with Love\u003c\/em\u003e] has a Tolstoyan cast of characters, from crack North Korean commandos and hapless Japanese bureaucrats to a gang of hoodlums who eventually decide to save Japan. It unfolds with the pace of a thriller.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Pilling, \u003cem\u003eFinancial TImes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Massively ambitious and uncompromising. prescient in unexpected ways'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoanne Hayden, \u003cem\u003eSunday Business Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e''[Mixes] the thrills of a spy novel with some national soul-searching'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLionel Barber, \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times, Summer Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Definitely edgier and darker than Haruki [Ryu Murakami] has a worldwide following and is regarded by many as one of the most thrilling writers of contemporary Japanese fiction. [He] offers a thrilling insight - with a geopolitical panoramic view - into national character, human relationships, chaos and disorder' - Tatevik Sargsyan, \u003cem\u003eHunger Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Like nothing else out there. a Japanese Tarantino. Highly addictive' \u003cem\u003eMorpheus Tales\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1952 in Nagasaki prefecture, \u003cstrong\u003eRyu Murakami\u003c\/strong\u003e is the \u003cem\u003eenfant terrible\u003c\/em\u003e of contemporary Japanese literature. Awarded the prestigious Akutagawa Prize in 1976 for his first book, a novel about a group of young people drowned in sex and drugs, he has gone on to explore with cinematic intensity the themes of violence and technology in contemporary Japanese society. His novels include \u003cem\u003eCoin Locker Babies\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSixty-Nine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePopular Hits of the Showa Era\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAudition\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eIn the Miso Soup\u003c\/em\u003e. Murakami is also a screenwriter and a director; his films include \u003cem\u003eTokyo Decadence\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAudition\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBecause of You\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40945901535329,"sku":"9781908968494","price":13.13,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41161315_dee721b1-897a-47cd-b8d7-9fc8501e1524.jpg?v=1778128395","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781908968494-from-the-fatherland-with-love","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}