Pinball, 1973
E439681
Pinball, 1973 is an early surreal novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami that follows a detached narrator’s obsession with pinball machines as a lens on alienation and modern life.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese novel
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novel ⓘ surreal novel ⓘ |
| author | Haruki Murakami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralMotif | pinball machines ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
alienation
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modern life ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ obsession ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| EnglishTitle | Pinball, 1973 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| explores |
memory and loss
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search for meaning ⓘ urban isolation ⓘ |
| followedBy | A Wild Sheep Chase NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary fiction
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literary fiction ⓘ surrealism ⓘ |
| hasCharacter | twin girls living with the narrator ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | A Wild Sheep Chase NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRecurringCharacterWith |
A Wild Sheep Chase
NERFINISHED
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Hear the Wind Sing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
consumer culture
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disconnection from society ⓘ personal identity ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
the Rat
NERFINISHED
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unnamed narrator ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableElement |
detached narrative voice
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nonlinear structure ⓘ surreal episodes ⓘ |
| notableObjectInPlot | Spaceship pinball machine ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| partOf | Haruki Murakami early works ⓘ |
| precededBy | Hear the Wind Sing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| publisherCountry | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Trilogy of the Rat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
deadpan tone
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minimalist prose ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfNarrative | early 1970s ⓘ |
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