{"product_id":"first-person-singular-stories","title":"First Person Singular: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eA mindbending new collection of short stories from the unique, internationally acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eNorwegian Wood\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Wind-up Bird Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e THE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Philosophical 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\u003eA \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e AND SUNDAY TIMES 'BOOKS OF 2021' PICK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/haruki-murakami-books\"\u003eHaruki Murakami\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Penguin Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781787302600\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Poor Condition — £1.93","offer_id":47917154730161,"sku":"SB-1787302601-C4","price":1.93,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1787302601.jpg?v=1789204901","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/first-person-singular-stories","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}