*Restocked* The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami – Display materials and party pack

**Please read all the information below before placing an order** 

Step into the The City…

When a young man’s girlfriend mysteriously vanishes, he sets his heart on finding the imaginary city where her true self lives. His search will lead him to take a job in a remote library with mysteries of its own.

When he finally makes it to the walled city, a shadowless place of horned beasts and willow trees, he finds his beloved working in a different library – a dream library. But she has no memory of their life together in the other world and, as the lines between reality and fantasy start to blur, he must decide what he’s willing to lose.

A love story, a quest, an ode to books and to the libraries that house them, The City and Its Uncertain Walls is a parable for these strange times.

PRAISE FOR HARUKI MURAKAMI

'The world's most popular cult novelist' Guardian

'Wild and thrilling. . . Murakami is a master storyteller and he knows how to keep us hooked' Sunday Times

'Totally gripping' Daily Express

'It’s safe to say that there’s no one like Murakami' Literary Review

'No other author mixes domestic, fantastic and esoteric elements into such weirdly bewitching shades' Financial Times

30 display packs are available to request from Vintage. Packs include:

• 2x The City and Its Uncertain Walls hardbacks for the library
• 1 x pack of bookmarks
• 2 x A3 posters
• Digital assets
• A downloadable party pack, including:
• A Murakami quiz
• Recipes and suggestionsfor themed refreshments
• A ‘Dream Egg’ template for readers to draw or write their own dreams and stick to a wall or shelf
• A template for readers to make their own thaumotrope

What you need to do

Please place your free order by 19 November (note, packs may sell out before this date). Print materials will be sent by post and digital materials by email shortly after this date, or once the packs have sold out.

One pack per library only. If you are ordering for multiple libraries in your authority, please get in touch to Kimberley.Sheehan@readingagency.org.uk. 

Please note, by ordering a free pack you are agreeing to create a library display using the materials and share the digital assets on social media. You will be expected to send back photos of your display to Kimberley.Sheehan@readingagency.org.uk by 31 January 2025. You will also be asked to complete a short feedback form. Please do not order a pack if you cannot commit to this.

If you have any questions about ordering or using this pack, please get in touch via the email above. If you share on social media, please tag @vintagebooks and they’ll reshare.