Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (
Japanese 世界の終りとハードボイルド・ワンダーランド;
Sekai no owari to Hādo-Boirudo Wandārando, literally The End of the World & Hard-Boiled Wonderland) is a
1985 novel by
Japanese writer Haruki Murakami. The
English translation by
Alfred Birnbaum was released in 1991. A strange and dreamlike novel, its chapters alternate between two bizarre narratives — "Hard-Boiled Wonderland" (a
cyberpunk-like,
science-fiction part) and "The End of the World" (a
virtual fantasy-like, surreal part).