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A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR 
Haruki Murakami was born in Kyoto in 1949 and now lives near Tokyo. His work has 
been translated into more than forty languages, and the most recent of his many 
international honors is the Jerusalem Prize, whose previous recipients include J. M. 
Coetzee, Milan Kundera, and V. S. Naipaul. 

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READER’S GUIDE 
1Q84 
by Haruki Murakami 
The introduction, discussion questions, and suggested further reading that follow are 
designed to enhance your group’s discussion of 
1Q84
, the magnum opus of critically 
acclaimed and best-selling novelist, Haruki Murakami, author of 
The Wind-Up Bird 
Chronicle
, 
Norwegian Wood
, and 
Kafka On the Shore.

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