Piercing

Name: Piercing
ISBN: 9780747582205

Ryū Murakami

185 pages · about 3 hours
First published 2007

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1 About this book

Piercing is a novel by Ryū Murakami. Originally published in Japanese in 1994, it was translated and published in English by Bloomsbury Publishing in 2008. An American film adaptation starring Christopher Abbott and Mia Wasikowska, directed by Nicolas Pesce, was released in 2019.

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Thrillers
Mental health
Psychological fiction
Psychopaths
Fathers and daughters
Fathers

2 About Ryū Murakami

1952–2026

Ryū Murakami (村上龍, Murakami Ryū; 19 February 1952 – 17 October 2026) was a Japanese novelist, essayist and filmmaker. His novels explore human nature through themes of disillusion, drug use, surrealism, murder and war, set against the dark backdrop of Japan. His best known novels are Almost Transparent Blue, Audition, Coin Locker Babies, and In the Miso Soup.

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