The Second Bakery Attack
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The Second Bakery Attack is a surreal short story by Haruki Murakami that follows a newlywed couple compelled to "rob" a McDonald’s in the middle of the night to break a mysterious curse.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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short story ⓘ |
| adaptationDirector | Carlos Cuarón NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationLanguage | English ⓘ |
| adaptationMedium | film ⓘ |
| adaptationReleaseYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| adaptationStars |
Brian Geraghty
NERFINISHED
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Kirsten Dunst NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Haruki Murakami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
coincidence
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food ⓘ repetition of past events ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| genre |
magical realism
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surreal fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | The Second Bakery Attack (short film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | collections of Haruki Murakami short stories ⓘ |
| languageOfAvailableTranslation |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 20th century literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
blend of mundane and fantastical elements
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deadpan narration ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
narrator’s wife
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unnamed male narrator ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| plotElement |
attempt to break a mysterious curse
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compulsion to commit a symbolic robbery ⓘ late-night fast-food robbery ⓘ |
| protagonistRelationshipStatus | newlywed ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Bakery Attack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
McDonald’s restaurant
NERFINISHED
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Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
curse
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fate ⓘ hunger ⓘ marriage ⓘ surrealism in everyday life ⓘ |
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