11 audio discs (14 hr., 2 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Note
Title from container.
Performer
Read by Adam Sims and Ian Porter.
Note
Unabridged.
Compact discs.
Duration: 14:02:00.
Translation of: Sekai no owari to hādo-boirudo wandārando.
Summary
In 'Hard-boiled Wonderland' a 'shuffler' is at work in Tokyo, where the minds of the people have become servant to the requirements of the governmental 'system'. In the surreal realm of the 'End of the World' a 'dreamreader', sifts through memories, scattering them to oblivion. Gradually the alternate universes of the 'shuffler' and the 'dreamreader' are interwoven and Murakami's ingenious conception of the mind becomes clear.