Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball

ISBN: 9780804170147
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Wind/Pinball, a unique two-in-one volume, includes, on one side, Murakami's first novel Hear the Wind Sing. When you flip the book over, you can read his second novel, Pinball, 1973. Each book has its own stunning cover.

In the spring of 1978, a young Haruki Murakami sat down at his kitchen table and began to write. The result: two remarkable short novels--Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973--that launched the career of one of the most acclaimed authors of our time.

These powerful, at times surreal, works about two young men coming of age--the unnamed narrator and his friend the Rat--are stories of loneliness, obsession, and eroticism. They bear all the hallmarks of Murakami's later books, and form the first two-thirds, with A Wild Sheep Chase, of the trilogy of the Rat.

Widely available in English for the first time ever, newly translated, and featuring a new introduction by Murakami himself, Wind/Pinball gives us a fascinating insight into a great writer's beginnings.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Murakami, Haruki
  • ISBN: 9780804170147
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.00 x 0.80
  • Number Of Pages: 256
  • Publication Year: 2016

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  • These two short novels are amazing.

    Luisa D. - 3 years 5 months ago

    I love most everything by Haruki Murakami and these two short novels are amazing. If you've read any of his other work, you won't be disappointed. It's a quick read, so if you're just looking to get started reading his work, this is a good place to start.

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  • A Quirky, Post-Modern Double Feature from Murakami

    Eric M. - 7 years 9 months ago

    Out of print for nearly 30 years, the first two novels of the great post-modern Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, "Hear the Wind Sing" and "Pinball 1973" are finally available in the U.S. in a one-volume collection entitled "Wind/Pinball". The first two parts of the "Trilogy of the Rat" (the third novel, "A Wild Sheep Chase" is available separately), these stories detail the post-college adventures of an unnamed protagonist and his aimless best friend, known only as The Rat, as they spend most of their time drinking, listening to rock music, and looking for sex in early 1970s Tokyo. Murakami's works generally don't follow a typical story structure and those searching for a straightforward plot are bound to be disappointed. He's interested in quirky character moments, odd bits of humor, philosophical musings and weird tangents, which often make him seem like a Japanese counterpart to Kurt Vonnegut. "Pinball 1973" is especially surreal, a story which finds our hero sharing an apartment with two indistinguishable twin sisters while seeking a mythical pinball machine with great significance to him. Murakami's work may be an acquired one, but a palatable one for the right readers.

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