Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche by Haruki Murakami

Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche

Haruki Murakami with Philip Gabriel, Alfred Birnbaum

309 pages first pub 1997 (view editions)

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Underground is ideal for readers who seek a profound, journalistic exploration of societal vulnerabilities and human psychology through the lens of a real-life catastrophe, appealing to those drawn to introspective narratives that bridge true crime and cultural analysis.

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It was a clear spring day, Monday, March 20, 1995, when five members of the religious cult Aum Shinrikyo conducted chemical warfare on the Tokyo subway system using sarin, a poison gas twenty-six times as deadly as cyanide. The unthinkable had hap...

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informative: 85%

reflective: 65%

dark: 61%

sad: 47%

emotional: 41%

challenging: 36%

tense: 20%

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inspiring: 3%

adventurous: 2%

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