1Q84. One Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty-Four. Book 1. April - June

The main literary sensation of the new century, "the magnum opus of the renowned master" and "a must-read for anyone who wants to understand contemporary Japanese culture," according to critics. The action of the book takes place not so much in nineteen eighty-four as in one thousand nine hundred eighty-four, in a world where some see two moons in the sky, where the key to eternal love is Janáček's Sinfonietta, where police officers have been rearmed with automatic pistols in exchange for revolvers after a shooting incident that shook the entire country with cultists, where LittlePeople — the Little Folk — emerge from the mouth of a dead goat and weave an Air Cocoon.