Fall books pick: Haruki Murakami’s ‘1Q84’

Haruki Murakami’s “1Q84” may be the most anticipated novel of the season: an epic undertaking that unfolds across a series of realities, in the space of a single year. Murakami has long been known for his willingness to play with not just form but also with his readers’ expectations; in his books, strange things happen, yet are also somehow commonplace.