1Q84 is a novel written by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, first published in three volumes in Japan in 2009 and 2010, covering a fictionalized year of 1984 in parallel with a "real" one. It follows a woman named Aomame who begins to notice strange changes occurring in the world and is quickly caught up in a plot involving a religious cult called Sakigake and her childhood love, Tengo, embarking on a journey to discover what is real. The novel's first printing sold out on the day of release and sales reached a million within a month; the English-language edition of all three volumes was released in North America and the United Kingdom in October 2011. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Original Language Original Language AwardIgnotus Award for Best Foreign Novel 1 Composed, From (Year) Composed, To (Year)Published in three volumes across 2009 and 2010 in Japan. FAQs
Why is the novel called 1Q84?
It plays on how 1984 is pronounced in Japanese and refers to Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.
The title is a play on the Japanese pronunciation of the year 1984 and a reference to George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. The letter Q and the Japanese number nine, written 九 and usually romanized as kyū, are homophones, a pairing often used in Japanese wordplay, so 1Q84 can be read as 1984. Murakami spent four years writing the novel after coming up with the opening sequence and the title.
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1Q84...is a novel written by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, first published in three volumes in Japan in 2009-2010.
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is a novel written by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, first published in three volumes in Japan in 2009-2010.
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The novel's first printing sold out on the day of release and sales reached a million within a month; the English-language edition of all three volumes was released in North America and the United Kingdom in October 2011.
Authored By: Haruki Murakami, Lead section, authorship
1Q84...is a novel written by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami.
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Japanese magical realism novels
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WikidataWikidata P166: Ignotus Award for Best Foreign NovelQuote, Wikidata P166: Ignotus Award for Best Foreign Novel
Wikidata P166 (award received): Ignotus Award for Best Foreign Novel, 2012.
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