Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche

Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese PsycheIn this haunting work of journalistic investigation, Haruki Murakami tells the story of the horrific terrorist attack on Japanese soil that shook the entire world. On a clear spring day in 1995, five members of a religious cult unleashed poison gas on the Tokyo subway system. In attempt to discover why, Haruki Murakmi talks to the people who lived through the catastrophe, and in so doing lays bare the Japanese psyche. As he discerns the fundamental

In this haunting work of journalistic investigation, Haruki Murakami tells the story of the horrific terrorist attack on Japanese soil that shook the entire world.

On a clear spring day in 1995, five members of a religious cult unleashed poison gas on the Tokyo subway system. In attempt to discover why, Haruki Murakmi talks to the people who lived through the catastrophe, and in so doing lays bare the Japanese psyche. As he discerns the fundamental issues that led to the attack, Murakami paints a clear vision of an event that could occur anytime, anywhere.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 04/10/2001
ISBN: 9780375725807
Pages: 384
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.24w x 0.86d
Award: Firecracker Alternative Book Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2001 pg. 241
Booklist 02/15/2001 pg. 1082
Publishers Weekly 04/09/2001 pg. 58
Newsweek 04/30/2001 pg. 78
Library Journal 04/01/2001 pg. 117
Entertainment Weekly 05/04/2001 pg. 62
Books & Culture 03/01/2002 pg. 16
Newsweek 07/13/2009 pg. 46