Xiaowei Shi

The novel is a near-past story inspired by Orwell's futuristic 1984. It is told through the bizarre experiences of two protagonists searching for each other: a woman who descends into an alternate universe in 1984 and goes on to commit murders, and a passive college entrance exam prep instructor with a fetish, who is also an unfulfilled and never published novelist.

Traditional Chinese edition of Fushigi na toshokan (Strange story from the library) by Murakami Haruki (1Q84). A boy going to the library to read an old book, discovers himself with an old man and an dark and mysterious reading room. This is a republication of the book to incorporate illustrations by Kat Menschik in the book's German translation.