69 by Ryu Murakami
A side-splittingly funny coming-of-age novel set in the Japan of the sixties
In a small, inconsequential city in Japan, all that matters to 17-year-old Kensuke Yazaki and his friends is girls, rock music and, to a much lesser extent, school. Told at high speed and with irresistible humour by Kensuke himself, this is the story of their 1969, as they engage in heated conversations about Marxism, Rimbaud, Godard, the Beatles and the Stones, set up a barricade in their school, organise a rock festival and map out a highly successful strategy in girl-winning.
This is a young Japan entirely turned towards the West, pervaded by Western music, where the girls have nicknames pulled from famous British films, but still locked in a fight with the rigid post-war conservatism of the older generation.
Format: Paperback | 192 pages
Dimensions (cm): 21.1 x 14.2 x 1.3 | 250g
Publication Date: 07 Feb 2006
Publisher: Kodansha International
Publication City/Country: Tokyo, Japan
Language: English
ISBN10: 4770030134
ISBN13: 9784770030139
Condition: Good
A vintage book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including very minor creasing and scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The book comes with a paper dust , which is in good condition with minor scuff marks. All pages are undamaged with no creasing or tearing, no pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text and no writing in margins. No missing pages.