*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
