{"product_id":"first-person-singular-stories-haruki-murakami-hardcover","title":"First Person Singular: Stories -- Haruki Murakami, Hardcover","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BEST SELLER \u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e A mind-bending new collection of short stories from the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author. \u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \"Some novelists hold a mirror up to the world and some, like Haruki Murakami, use the mirror as a portal to a universe hidden beyond it.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe eight stories in this new book are all told in the first person by a classic Murakami narrator. From memories of youth, meditations on music, and an ardent love of baseball, to dreamlike scenarios and invented jazz albums, together these stories challenge the boundaries between our minds and the exterior world. Occasionally, a narrator may or may not be Murakami himself. Is it memoir or fiction? The reader decides. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePhilosophical and mysterious, the stories in \u003ci\u003eFirst Person Singular\u003c\/i\u003e all touch beautifully on love and solitude, childhood and memory. . . all with a signature Murakami twist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Haruki Murakami\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/06\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.20w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593318072\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2020 pg. 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2021 pg. 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/09\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHARUKI MURAKAMI was born in Kyoto in 1949 and now lives near Tokyo. His work has been translated into more than fifty languages, and the most recent of his many international honors is the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award, whose previous recipients include Karl Ove Knausgård, Isabel Allende, and Salman Rushdie.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haruki Murakami","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44490727456996,"sku":"9780593318072","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780593318072.jpg?v=1719555718","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/first-person-singular-stories-haruki-murakami-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}