The First Person Singular

村上春樹

Original title: 一人称単数

Translated by Philip Gabriel earliest edition we have, 2020 Harvill Secker, 2021 hardcover 256 pages

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...

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Philip Gabriel 1 printing we hold · 2021 · Harvill Secker

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Editions we hold

First Person Singular paperback · 2021 · Random House Large Print · 410 pages · 9780593396544
First Person Singular hardcover · 2021 · Knopf · 256 pages · 9780593318072
First Person Singular hardcover · 2021 · Harvill Secker · 256 pages · 9781787302600
The First Person Singular hardcover · 2020 · Bungeishunju · 235 pages · 9784163912394

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