About the book
An epic novel from the internationally acclaimed, bestselling author of 1Q84 and Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.
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 previously unseen 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.
Editions of Killing Commendatore
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780525520047
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780385690690
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780525435761
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780385690713
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781984891907
- EBook
- ISBN 9780385690706
- EBook
- ISBN 9780525520054
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9780525525004
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9780385693189
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9780525525028
- AudioDisc
- ISBN 9780525525011
- AudioDisc
- ISBN 9780525524991
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An epic novel from the internationally acclaimed, bestselling author of 1Q84 and Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.
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 previously unseen 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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What is Killing Commendatore about?
An epic novel from the internationally acclaimed, bestselling author of 1Q84 and Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.
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 previously unseen 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.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Killing Commendatore?
Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre
Where can I read a sample of Killing Commendatore?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780525520047
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Killing Commendatore?
Haruki Murakami
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Killing Commendatore is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780525520047) and hardcover(ISBN 9780385690690) and paperback(ISBN 9780525435761) and paperback(ISBN 9780385690713) and paperback(ISBN 9781984891907) and ebook(ISBN 9780385690706) and ebook(ISBN 9780525520054) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780525525004) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780385693189) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780525525028) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780525525011) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780525524991)
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