First Person Singular Stories

A mindbending new collection of short stories from the unique, internationally acclaimed author of Norwegian Wood and The Wind-up Bird Chronicle.A GUARDIAN AND SUNDAY TIMES 'BOOKS OF 2021' PICK The eight masterly stories in this new collection are all told in the first person by a classic Murakami narrator. From nostalgic memories of youth, meditations on music and an ardent love of baseball to dreamlike scenarios, an encounter with a talking monkey and invented jazz albums, together these stories challenge the boundaries between our minds and the exterior world. Occasionally, a narrator who may or may not be Murakami himself is present. Is it memoir or fiction? The reader decides.Philosophical and mysterious, the stories in First Person Singular all touch beautifully on love and solitude, childhood and memory. . . all with a signature Murakami twist.

ISBN:	9781787302600
Publisher:	Random House
Imprint:	Harvill Secker
Published date:	06 Apr 2021
DEWEY:	895.636
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	250
Weight:	418g
Height:	145mm
Width:	230mm
Spine width:	30mm

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