Query: Postmodern novels set in Japan
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
Almost Transparent Blue
Coin Locker Babies
Evidence from documents: Almost Transparent Blue: a 1976 novel, written by Japanese author Ryū Murakami, that features a portrait of narrator Ryū and his friends trapped in a cycle of sex, drugs and rock 'n roll during the 1970s.
Narrated by the main character Ryū, the novel focuses on his small group of young friends in the mid-1970s. Living in a Japanese town with an American air force base, their lives revolve around sex, drugs and rock 'n roll.
Coin Locker Babies: at a Tokyo train station in the summer of 1972.