From the Fatherland, with Love
2005 novel by Ryū Murakami
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From the Fatherland, with Love (半島を出よ, Hantō o Deyo) is a novel by Ryū Murakami, first published in Japanese in 2005 and translated into English in 2013 by Ralph McCarthy, Charles De Wolf, and Ginny Tapley. The novel depicts an alternate history in which North Korea invades and then occupies the Japanese island of Kyushu in 2011.[1][2][3][4] Murakami states that he spent 3 years researching the novel, including interviewing 20 refugees from North Korea.
AuthorRyū Murakami
Originaltitle『半島を出よ』
LanguageJapanese
Publisher
- Gentosha (Japanese)
- Pushkin Press (English)
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| Author | Ryū Murakami |
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| Original title | 『半島を出よ』 |
| Language | Japanese |
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| Publication date | 2005 |
| Publication place | Japan |
Published in English | 2013 |
Awards
From the Fatherland With Love was awarded the 59th Mainichi Publishing Culture Award and the 58th Noma Literary Prize in 2005.[5]
Reception
The Times Literary Supplement described it as "impressive".
