*PRE-ORDER HARUKI MURAKAMI'S NEW NOVEL THE CITY AND ITS UNCERTAIN WALLS NOW*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
