Almost Transparent Blue

Download or read book Almost Transparent Blue written by 村上龍 and published by Kodansha Amer Incorporated. This book was released on 2003 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This controversial novel touched the raw nerves of the Japanese and became a million seller within six months of publication. It is a semi-autobiographical tale of the author's youth spent amidst the glorious squalor of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll in 1970s Japan. Almost Transparent Blue is a brutal tale of lost youth in a Japanese port town close to an American military base. Murakami's image-intensive narrative paints a portrait of a group of friends locked in a destructive cycle of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll. The novel is all but plotless, but the raw and