


Tengo inexplicably gets implicated in the same affair of “another world” when he agrees to re-write Air Chrysalis.

In parallel to her story, we read the story of Tengo, a thirty year old man and Aomame’s alleged lost “love” whom she has not seen in twenty years. Aomame, a thirty year old woman, becomes entangled in one strange affair involving a manuscript titled Air Chrysalis, a charity that seeks to help battered women seek revenge, and a menacing and unrelenting religious cult called Sakigake. In 1Q84, the year is 1984 and the location is Tokyo, Japan. 1Q84 is presented as a whimsical romance epic with elements of magical realism, and, in its proportion, has been linked to such extremely ambitious works as Roberto Bolano’s 2666 and Don DeLillo’s Underworld. This is going to be a very honest review of Haruki Murakami’s twelfth novel.
