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Haruki Murakami
In this haunting work of journalistic investigation, Haruki Murakami tells the story of the horrific terrorist attack on Japanese soil that shook the entire world. On a clear spring day in 1995, five members of a religious cult unleashed poison gas on the Tokyo subway system. In attempt to discover why, Haruki Murakmi talks to the people who lived through the catastrophe, and in so doing lays bare the Japanese psyche. As he discerns the fundamental issues that led to the attack, Murakami paints a clear vision of an event that could occur anytime, anywhere.
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Author
Haruki Murakami
Pages
384
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published Date
2010-08-11
ISBN
0307762750 9780307762757
Ratings
Google: 5
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"10/10: I LOVE LEARNING ABOUT HISTORICAL EVENTS OF OTHER COUNTRIES. THIS IS A FIRST HAND ACCOUNT OF SURVIVORS' PERSONAL INTERVIEWS OF THE TOKYO SARIN GAS ATTACK ON MARCH 20, 1995. 14 DEAD, 1000+ INJURED, ALL STUCK WITHIN THE CITY'S SUBWAY SYSTEM. THE AUTHOR ALSO INTERVIEWS PEOPLE FROM THE RELIGIOUS CULT THAT WAS
RESPONSIBLE FOR PLANTING AND CARRYING OUT THE TERRORIST ATTACK. ALL IN THE PERVERSE NAME OF "ETERNAL SALVATION""
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Luana Santos
"I picked this up not knowing what it was about, only that I loved previous Haruki Murakami writings. It was just lovely. An interesting look into the attacks. An event which I was not educated on previously."
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