First Person Singular
Stories
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4.4 • 16 Ratings
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- £4.99
Publisher Description
A mindbending new collection of short stories from the unique, internationally acclaimed author of Norwegian Wood and The Wind-up Bird Chronicle.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
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.
A GUARDIAN AND SUNDAY TIMES 'BOOKS OF 2021' PICK
Customer Reviews
It’s a great short story collection
A tie for best short story collection by Haruki Murakami, with Elephant Vanishes. The stand out story being the Shinagawa Monkey. He has such mastery over the form it suits is style of writing perfectly. Note on editing: a few words missing and even a editors note still left on this ebook.