The Folio Society Reveals Gorgeous Illustrated Edition of Haruki Murakami's 1Q84

The Folio Society remains the institution to bushed erstwhile it comes to lavish, illustrated hardcover editions of classical books and comics. IGN tin exclusively uncover the adjacent classical caller receiving The Folio Society treatment, Haruki Murakami's magnum opus 1Q84.

Check retired the slideshow assemblage beneath for an exclusive archetypal look astatine this gorgeous treble hardcover set:

This variation of 1Q84 features 12 caller full-color illustrations by creator Daniel Liévano - 7 single-page images and 5 double-page spreads. The publication is presented arsenic 2 cloth-bound hardcovers successful a slipcase gilded with a pinkish metallic foil.

Here's the authoritative summary of 1Q84:

Tokyo, 1984 – but not quite. Two moons bent successful the sky, a sinister cult casts its shadow, and thing has shifted successful the air. As Aomame and Tengo determination done their abstracted worlds, they statesman to consciousness that their lives are quietly, uncannily linked. Murakami’s hypnotic caller is simply a sprawling, surreal emotion communicative wrapped successful a mystery, each acceptable successful a world that’s not rather real. Haunting, heart-tugging and deliciously disorienting, 1Q84 is the benignant of publication you look from blinking, unsure which satellite you’ve conscionable left. Descend the exigency staircase of the Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway and participate a satellite wherever things are not what they seem!

“This magnificent two-volume variation of Murakami's magical realist epic is the latest summation to the Folio Murakami library,” said Folio Society Editor Sophia Schoepfer successful a statement. “The wide bundle plan is simply a tribute to magical realism — a motion to the alternate realities and dark, dreamlike sequences that capable 1Q84. Bound successful luxurious purple cloth and held wrong an intricate foil-blocked binding successful a dreamy palette of golds, pinks, and lilacs, this substantial, highly illustrated two-volume acceptable volition beryllium a coveted merchandise for fans and collectors alike.”

“Illustrating Murakami has fixed maine the accidental to bash thing not each illustrators get to do: alteration styles without changing essence,” said Liévano. “I judge thing akin happens successful Murakami’s literature—regardless of whether a publication is astir twisted spiritual cults, wind-up birds, adolescents with unbearable pain, oregon talking cats, there’s ever a leitmotif wherever creator dancing is allowed, and the author’s individuality softly shines through. I’m profoundly excited by the situation of playfully adapting to the communicative novelty of each caller book, yet I arsenic bask discovering what remains unchanged. I accidental that’s the everlasting enigma of individuality itself.”

The Folio Society variation of 1Q84 is priced astatine £150 / US $215 and volition beryllium disposable for bid opening astatine 8am PT connected September 16. You tin find retired much connected The Folio Society website.

Previously, The Folio Society revealed a gorgeous illustrated hardcover of Stephen King's It.

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