{"product_id":"9781529113594","title":"First Person Singular : mind-bending new collection of short stories from the internationally acclaimed author of NORWEGIAN WOOD","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Haruki Murakami\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eThe arts: general issues\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 5 April 2022 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 256 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 197 x 20mm | 186g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA mindbending new collection of short stories from the unique, internationally acclaimed author of Norwegian Wood and The Wind-up Bird Chronicle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilosophical and mysterious, the stories in First Person Singular all touch beautifully on love and solitude, childhood and memory. . . all with a signature Murakami twist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA GUARDIAN AND SUNDAY TIMES 'BOOKS OF 2021' PICK\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haruki Murakami","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57548573737285,"sku":"9781529113594","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9781529113594.jpg?v=1774886463","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9781529113594","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}