A woman assassin named Aomame and an aspiring novelist named Tengo find their fates converging after both notice small, unsettling changes to the world — two moons, a shadowy cult called Sakigake, and tiny beings known as the Little People — in a Tokyo that seems to have slipped into a parallel 1984.
Books mentioned in 1Q84 (8)
In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust: ““How about Proust's In Search of Lost Time?” Tamaru asked. “If you've never read it this would be a good opportunity to read the whole thing.””
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen: ““What are you reading right now?” “Isak Dinesen's Out of Africa.””
The Golden Bough by James George Frazer: “Have you read Frazer's The Golden Bough?” “No, I haven't.””
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky: ““There is an episode involving the devil and Christ in The Brothers Karamazov, I recall.”
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens: “He became obsessed with Dickens after reading Oliver Twist, plowing through every Dickens volume in the library.”
Sakhalin Island by Anton Chekhov: “he pulled out Anton Chekhov's Sakhalin Island, which he had just”
The Tale of the Heike: ““Your favorite novel is …?” “The Tale of the Heike.” Tengo was astounded. To think that a thirteenth-century samurai war chronicle should be her favorite “novel”!”
Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens: ““The text was Martin Chuzzlewit. I was eighteen and wearing a cute pleated dress.”