村上春樹短篇小說!關於少年闖進怪奇圖書館的奇幻故事!
「為了想弄清楚,鄂圖曼土耳其帝國,到底是怎麼搜集稅金的?」
少年決定按母親的教誨,去圖書館查查看。
來到圖書館說明來意後,依照櫃臺一名女性的指引,走向位於地下樓的一○七號室。很平常地敲門,卻響起像用球棒敲打地獄之門般不祥的聲音,門打開後只見到一名長相奇特的老人。老爺爺幫他找來三本相關的書,卻告知他那些書都不外借,只能在圖書館裡讀完。在這個可怕老人的堅持下,少年跟著他走進了圖書館裡不為人知、一處神祕漆黑的閱覽室,就在那裡,遇見了羊男……
少年某日來到圖書館,就再也出不去了
遭到囚禁。萬念俱灰之際,一名不能說話的少女翩然現身。
他決定帶她。一起。逃出。這裡。
★本書中譯版《圖書館奇譚》由時報出版。
Fully illustrated and beautifully designed, this is a unique and wonderfully creepy tale that is sure to delight Murakami fans.
'All I did was go to the library to borrow some books'.
On his way home from school, the young narrator of The Strange Library finds himself wondering how taxes were collected in the Ottoman Empire. He pops into the local library to see if it has a book on the subject. This is his first mistake.
Led to a special 'reading room' in a maze under the library by a strange old man, he finds himself imprisoned with only a sheep man, who makes excellent donuts, and a girl, who can talk with her hands, for company. His mother will be worrying why he hasn't returned in time for dinner and the old man seems to have an appetite for eating small boy's brains. How will he escape?