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Almost Transparent Blue

by Ryū Murakami, Nancy Andrew
Almost Transparent Blue - Thryft
Almost Transparent Blue - Thryft

Raw and violent Japanese youth in crisis.

Almost Transparent Blue is a powerful coming-of-age story that depicts the bleak reality of youth trapped in passivity. The novel is unique in its portrayal of sex, drugs, and rock and roll culture in Japan, and presents a vivid insight into the psyche of a generation. The raw and often violent prose may be difficult to digest, but it adds an authenticity to the story that will stay with the reader. Highly recommended for those who enjoy gritty, unflinching accounts of youth in crisis.

  • Akutagawa Prize 芥川龍之介賞 (1976)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Almost Transparent Blue

by Ryū Murakami, Nancy Andrew
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ISBN: 9784770029041
Authors: Ryū Murakami, Nancy Andrew
Publisher: Kodansha USA
Date of Publication: 2003-04-11
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary, Horror
Related Topics: Classics
Goodreads rating: 3.29
(rated by 11090 readers)

Description

Almost Transparent Blue is a brutal tale of lost youth in a Japanese port town close to an American military base. Murakami's image-intensive narrative paints a portrait of a group of friends locked in a destructive cycle of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll. The novel is all but plotless, but the raw and often violent prose takes us on a rollercoaster ride through reality and hallucination, highs and lows, in which the characters and their experiences come vividly to life. Trapped in passivity, they gain neither passion nor pleasure from their adventures. Yet out of the alienation, boredom and underlying rage and grief emerges a strangely quiet and almost equally shocking beauty. Ryu Murakami's first novel, Almost Transparent Blue won the coveted Akutagawa literary prize and became an instant bestseller. Representing a sharp and conscious turning away from the introspective trend of postwar Japanese literature, it polarized critics and public alike and soon attracted international attention as an alternative view of modern Japan.
 

Raw and violent Japanese youth in crisis.

Almost Transparent Blue is a powerful coming-of-age story that depicts the bleak reality of youth trapped in passivity. The novel is unique in its portrayal of sex, drugs, and rock and roll culture in Japan, and presents a vivid insight into the psyche of a generation. The raw and often violent prose may be difficult to digest, but it adds an authenticity to the story that will stay with the reader. Highly recommended for those who enjoy gritty, unflinching accounts of youth in crisis.

  • Akutagawa Prize 芥川龍之介賞 (1976)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.