1Q84
novel by Haruki Murakami
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Summary
1Q84 is a literary work[1]. 1Q84 ranks in the top 1% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,279 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Author: Haruki Murakami[3]
- Award received: Ignotus Award for Best Foreign Novel[4]
- Instance of: literary trilogy[5]
- Publisher: Shinchosha[6]
- Genre: science fiction[7], alternate history[8]
- Named after: Nineteen Eighty-Four[9]
- Follows: After Dark[10]
- Followed by: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage[11]
- Depicts: narration[12], parallel universe[13], NHK[14], Jehovah's Witnesses[15], domestic violence[16], Chekhov's gun[17]
- Language of work or name: Japanese[18]
- Country of origin: Japan[19]
- Inception: 2000[20]
- Publication date: May 29, 2009[21], April 16, 2010[22]
- Translator: Jay Rubin[23]
- Characters: Aomame[24], Tengo Kawana[25], Ushikawa[26], Komatsu[27], Fuka-Eri[28], Tamaru[29], The Dowager[30], Professor Ebisuno[31], The Leader[32], Ayumi[33]
- Has edition or translation: 1Q84[34]
- Narrative location: Shinjuku[35], Kōenji[36], Shibuya[37], Akasaka[38], Azabu[39], Lake Motosu[40], Ichikawa[41], Yamanashi Prefecture[42], Roppongi[43], Ome[44], Jiyūgaoka[45], Sangen-jaya[46], The Okura Tokyo[47], Chikura[48]
- Main subject: reality[49], fiction[50], cult[51]
- Title: 1Q84[52]
- Different from: Nineteen Eighty-Four[53]
- Uses: story within a story[54]
- Set in period: 1984[55]
- Form of creative work: novel[56]
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Why It Matters
1Q84 has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] 1Q84 is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]
FAQs
What awards did 1Q84 receive?
Honors received include Ignotus Award for Best Foreign Novel[4].