From the Fatherland, with Love

From the Fatherland, with Love
AuthorRyū Murakami
Original title『半島を出よ』
LanguageJapanese
Publisher
Publication date
2005
Publication placeJapan
Published in English
2013

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.

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".

See also

References

  1. ^ Larman, Alexander (2013-12-22). "From the Fatherland With Love by Ryu Murakami – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
  2. ^ Kirzner, Eli. "North Korea occupies Fukuoka in Murakami's alternate world". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
  3. ^ Lukowski, Andrzej (2013-05-22). "Ryu Murakami's imagined Japanese history is a phenomenal feat". Metro. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
  4. ^ Gibbs, Jonathan (2013-08-09). "Book review: From the Fatherland, With Love, By Ryu Murakami, trans". The Independent. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
  5. ^ 『半島を出よ』第5回選定作品 [From the Fatherland With Love: 5th Selected Work]. Japanese Literature Publishing Project, Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
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