The strange library

村上春樹

Original title: 図書館奇譚

first published 2005 Kōdansha, 2005 92 pages

In a fantastical illustrated short novel, three people imprisoned in a nightmarish library plot their escape.

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This book in English

Ted Goossen 1 printing we hold · 2014 · Alfred A. Knopf

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Strange Library edition · 2014 · Penguin Random House · 88 pages · 9781846559211
The strange library edition · 2014 · Alfred A. Knopf · 96 pages · 9780385354301
Fushigina toshokan edition · 2005 · Kōdansha · 92 pages

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