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Cover of Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

by Haruki Murakami

2013 · literary fiction · adult

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Set in 5 places · 2 primary
Sense of Place
5/5
Description · Open Library (CC0)

Historical novel about a scientist and his two young friends, a brother and sister, that travel in time back to 1348, the Black Death's year!

Set in

  • ★
    Shinjuku Station · Japan
    Where Tsukuru observes the flow of people
    ★ primary
  • ★
    Tokyo · Japan
    present-day station designer life
    ★ primary
  • Nagoya · Japan
    hometown and lost friendship
  • Hämeenlinna · Finland
    Kuro lives here, Tsukuru visits
  • Helsinki · Finland
    confronting past in Finland

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