{"product_id":"first-person-singular-stories-paperback","title":"First Person Singular: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHaruki Murakami\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePhilip Gabriel\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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 \u003c\/p\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 12, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692312989759,"sku":"9780593311189","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/08d14ce178388084a85028272aa990f2.webp?v=1764995037","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/first-person-singular-stories-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}