![]() The narrator is a "Calcutec" ( 計算士, keisanshi ), a human data processor and encryption system who has been trained to use his subconscious as an encryption key. The odd-numbered chapters take place in "Hard-Boiled Wonderland", although that phrase is not used anywhere in the text, only in page headers. The story is split between parallel narratives. A strange and dreamlike novel, its chapters alternate between two narratives-"Hard-Boiled Wonderland" (the cyberpunk, science fiction part) and "The End of the World" (the surreal, virtual fantasy part). The English translation by Alfred Birnbaum was released in 1991. It was awarded the Tanizaki Prize in 1985. ![]() ![]() Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World ( 世界の終りとハードボイルド・ワンダーランド, Sekai no Owari to Hādo-Boirudo Wandārando) is a 1985 novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. ![]()
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