First Person Singular Av Haruki Murakami

<p><b>*PRE-ORDER HARUKI MURAKAMI’S NEW NOVEL, <i>THE CITY AND ITS UNCERTAIN WALLS</i>, NOW*<br><br>A mindbending new collection of short stories from the unique, internationally acclaimed author of <i>Norwegian Wood</i> and <i>The Wind-up Bird Chronicle</i>.</b><br><br><b>THE <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i> BESTSELLER</b><br><br>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.<br><br>Philosophical and mysterious, the stories in <i>First Person Singular</i> all touch beautifully on love and solitude, childhood and memory. . . all with a signature Murakami twist.<br><br><b>A <i>GUARDIAN </i>AND SUNDAY TIMES ''BOOKS OF 2021'' PICK</b></p>