69 (novel)

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69
First English language edition
Author	Ryu Murakami
Original title	69 sixty nine
Translator	Ralph F. McCarthy
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Genre(s)	Roman à clef, Novel
Publisher	Kodansha Europe (Eng. trans.)
Publication date	1987
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	192 pp (Eng. trans first edition, hardback)
ISBN	ISBN 4-7700-1736-7 (Eng. trans first edition, hardback)

69 (シクスティナイン, Shikusutinain^?) is a roman-a-clef novel by Ryu Murakami. It was published first in 1987. It takes place in the year 1969, and tells the story of some high school students coming of age in an obscure Japanese city who try to mimic the counter-culture movements taking place in Tokyo and other parts of the world.

[edit] Film, TV or theatrical adaptations

The 2004 film 69 is based on Murakami's novel.

[edit] Release details

1987, Japan, ? (ISBN 4-08-772616-9), Pub date 1 August 1987, hardback (First edition)
1993, Europe ?, Kodansha Europe (ISBN 4-7700-1736-7), Pub date 1 September 1993, hardback (Eng. trans.)
1995, Europe ?, Kodansha Europe (ISBN 4-7700-1951-3), Pub date ? March 1995, paperback (Eng. trans.)
2006, Europe ?, Kodansha Europe (ISBN 4-7700-3013-4), Pub date 7 February 2006, paperback (Eng. trans.)
2004, Germany, Suhrkamp Verlag (ISBN 3-518-45633-4), Pub date 30 September 2004, paperback