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'1Q84' arrives in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Joie Reinstein, a 30-year-old fashion editor, buys an English translation of Haruki Murakami's latest novel ''1Q84'' at Kinokuniya bookstore in New York on Oct. 25, 2011. The book hit New York bookstore shelves that day two years after the best-selling novel was released in Japanese.

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Murakami's novel '1Q84' launched in Britain

LONDON, Britain - People line up to purchase copies of ''1Q84,'' a novel by popular Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, shortly after midnight of Oct. 17, 2011, at the Foyles bookstore in central London. The English-translated version went on sale Oct. 18 in Britain and will be launched in the United States on Oct. 25.

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Murakami's novel '1Q84' launched in Britain

LONDON, Britain - A woman holds her just-purchased copy of ''1Q84,'' a novel by popular Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, shortly after midnight of Oct. 17, 2011, at the Foyles bookstore in central London. The English-translated version went on sale Oct. 18 in Britain and will be launched in the United States on Oct. 25.

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Koenji, Tokyo's bohemian town

TOKYO, Japan - The entrance of a shopping district called Koenji Junjo Shotengai near JR Koenji Station in Tokyo is crowded with people Dec. 8, 2010. The neighborhood is a major setting for Haruki Murakami's best seller ''1Q84.''

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Pirated Chinese version of '1Q84'

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an unauthorized Chinese translation of the novel ''1Q84'' by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, which was found Nov. 9, 2010, being sold as a digital book on Apple Inc.'s online store.

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Murakami's new '1Q84' hits shelves

TOKYO, Japan - An employee hands a copy of the sought-after new installment of Haruki Murakami's novel ''1Q84'' to a customer at a Maruzen bookstore in Tokyo's Marunouchi district on April 16, 2010. Some bookstores started to sell the best-selling writer's third volume of the novel at midnight the same day.

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3rd volume of Haruki Murakami's '1Q84' goes on sale

TOKYO, Japan - An employee at the Kinokuniya bookstore in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward lays out copies of the new part of Haruki Murakami's novel ''1Q84'' on the shelves on the evening of April 15, 2010, after the store was closed. Some of the bookstores in Tokyo, Osaka and Yokohama started to sell the best-selling writer's third volume of the novel at midnight the same day, while the copies were to hit the shelves on April 16.

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3rd volume of Haruki Murakami's '1Q84' goes on sale

TOKYO, Japan - An employee at the Kinokuniya bookstore in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward lays out copies of the new part of Haruki Murakami's novel ''1Q84'' on the shelves on the evening of April 15, 2010, after the store was closed. Some of the bookstores in Tokyo, Osaka and Yokohama started to sell the best-selling writer's third volume of the novel at midnight the same day, while the copies were to hit the shelves on April 16.

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3rd volume of Haruki Murakami's '1Q84' to be issued

TOKYO, Japan - A passerby looks at an advertising poster for Haruki Murakami's latest novel ''1Q84'' at JR Tokyo Station in central Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2009. The book's publisher, Shinchosha, posted the ads at 25 JR stations in the Tokyo metropolitan area. According to sources close to Murakami, the bestselling writer is preparing to issue the third volume of the novel next summer.

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Haruki Murakami's new novel ''1Q84'' put on sale in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Copies of Haruki Murakami's new full-length novel ''1Q84'' are piled up at a bookstore in Tokyo on May 27. The novel, the first by Murakami in five years, went on sale in some bookstores in Tokyo prior to its nationwide release.

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Haruki Murakami's new novel ''1Q84'' put on sale in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Copies of Haruki Murakami's new full-length novel ''1Q84'' are piled up at a bookstore in Tokyo on May 27. The novel, the first by Murakami in five years, went on sale in some bookstores in Tokyo prior to its nationwide release. (Kyodo)

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3rd volume of Haruki Murakami's '1Q84' to be issued

TOKYO, Japan - A passerby looks at an advertising poster for Haruki Murakami's latest novel ''1Q84'' at JR Tokyo Station in central Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2009. The book's publisher, Shinchosha, posted the ads at 25 JR stations in the Tokyo metropolitan area. According to sources close to Murakami, the bestselling writer is preparing to issue the third volume of the novel next summer. (Kyodo)

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Pirated Chinese version of '1Q84'

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an unauthorized Chinese translation of the novel ''1Q84'' by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, which was found Nov. 9, 2010, being sold as a digital book on Apple Inc.'s online store. (Kyodo)

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Murakami's novel '1Q84' launched in Britain

LONDON, Britain - A woman holds her just-purchased copy of ''1Q84,'' a novel by popular Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, shortly after midnight of Oct. 17, 2011, at the Foyles bookstore in central London. The English-translated version went on sale Oct. 18 in Britain and will be launched in the United States on Oct. 25. (Kyodo)

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Murakami's novel '1Q84' launched in Britain

LONDON, Britain - People line up to purchase copies of ''1Q84,'' a novel by popular Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, shortly after midnight of Oct. 17, 2011, at the Foyles bookstore in central London. The English-translated version went on sale Oct. 18 in Britain and will be launched in the United States on Oct. 25. (Kyodo)

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3rd volume of Haruki Murakami's '1Q84' goes on sale

TOKYO, Japan - An employee at the Kinokuniya bookstore in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward lays out copies of the new part of Haruki Murakami's novel ''1Q84'' on the shelves on the evening of April 15, 2010, after the store was closed. Some of the bookstores in Tokyo, Osaka and Yokohama started to sell the best-selling writer's third volume of the novel at midnight the same day, while the copies were to hit the shelves on April 16. (Kyodo)

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Murakami's new '1Q84' hits shelves

TOKYO, Japan - An employee hands a copy of the sought-after new installment of Haruki Murakami's novel ''1Q84'' to a customer at a Maruzen bookstore in Tokyo's Marunouchi district on April 16, 2010. Some bookstores started to sell the best-selling writer's third volume of the novel at midnight the same day. (Kyodo)

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3rd volume of Haruki Murakami's '1Q84' goes on sale

TOKYO, Japan - An employee at the Kinokuniya bookstore in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward lays out copies of the new part of Haruki Murakami's novel ''1Q84'' on the shelves on the evening of April 15, 2010, after the store was closed. Some of the bookstores in Tokyo, Osaka and Yokohama started to sell the best-selling writer's third volume of the novel at midnight the same day, while the copies were to hit the shelves on April 16. (Kyodo)

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Koenji, Tokyo's bohemian town

TOKYO, Japan - The entrance of a shopping district called Koenji Junjo Shotengai near JR Koenji Station in Tokyo is crowded with people Dec. 8, 2010. The neighborhood is a major setting for Haruki Murakami's best seller ''1Q84.'' (Kyodo)

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Japanese writer Murakami on N.Y. Times Magazine

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows the cover of the Oct. 23, 2011, edition of The New York Times Magazine, which features an interview with Japanese writer Haruki Murakami. An English translation of his latest novel ''1Q84'' was released in the United States on Oct. 25. (Kyodo)

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'1Q84' arrives in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Joie Reinstein, a 30-year-old fashion editor, buys an English translation of Haruki Murakami's latest novel ''1Q84'' at Kinokuniya bookstore in New York on Oct. 25, 2011. The book hit New York bookstore shelves that day two years after the best-selling novel was released in Japanese. (Kyodo)