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Killing Commendatore

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The epic new novel from the internationally acclaimed and best-selling author of 1Q84. In Killing Commendatore, a thirty-something portrait painter in Tokyo is abandoned by his wife and finds himself holed up in the mountain home of a famous artist, Tomohiko Amada. When he discovers a strange painting in the attic, he unintentionally opens a circle of mysterious circumstances. To close it, he must complete a journey that involves a mysterious ringing bell, a two-foot-high physical manifestation of an Idea, a dapper businessman who lives across the valley, a precocious thirteen-year-old girl, a Nazi assassination attempt during World War II in Vienna, a pit in the woods behind the artist‿s home, and an underworld haunted by Double Metaphors. A tour de force of love and loneliness, war and art ‿ as well as a loving homage to The Great Gatsby ‿ Killing Commendatore is a stunning work of imagination from one of our greatest writers.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781786142955
  • Binding:
  • CD-Audio
  • Published:
  • July 31, 2019
  • Edition:
  • Dimensions:
  • 141x147x46 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 566 g.
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Expected delivery: December 5, 2024

Description of Killing Commendatore

The epic new novel from the internationally acclaimed and best-selling author of 1Q84. In Killing Commendatore, a thirty-something portrait painter in Tokyo is abandoned by his wife and finds himself holed up in the mountain home of a famous artist, Tomohiko Amada. When he discovers a strange painting in the attic, he unintentionally opens a circle of mysterious circumstances. To close it, he must complete a journey that involves a mysterious ringing bell, a two-foot-high physical manifestation of an Idea, a dapper businessman who lives across the valley, a precocious thirteen-year-old girl, a Nazi assassination attempt during World War II in Vienna, a pit in the woods behind the artist‿s home, and an underworld haunted by Double Metaphors. A tour de force of love and loneliness, war and art ‿ as well as a loving homage to The Great Gatsby ‿ Killing Commendatore is a stunning work of imagination from one of our greatest writers.

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