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"Truth is not found in fixed stillness, but in ceaseless change/movement. Isn't this the quintessential core of what stories are all about?" —Haruki Murakami, from the afterword to The City and Its Uncertain Walls The long-awaited new novel from Haruki Murakami, his first in six years, revisits a Town his readers will remember, a place where a Dream Reader reviews dreams and where our shadows become untethered from our selves. A love story, a quest, an ode to books and to the libraries that house them, and a parable for these strange post-pandemic times, The City and Its Uncertain Walls is a singular and towering achievement by one of modern literature’s most important writers.
Is The City and Its Uncertain Walls appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 16 and up.
Literary fantasy exploring themes of love, memory, and identity through surreal dreamscapes. Melancholic and philosophical tone with mature emotional content but no graphic violence or sexuality.
What to know going in
This book has no graphic violence, mild sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include grief and isolation.
Who'll love this
Readers who enjoy contemplative, dream-like stories about parallel worlds and the nature of reality will be drawn into this mysterious quest.