{"product_id":"hear-the-wind-sing-and-pinball","title":"Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWind\/Pinball, \u003c\/i\u003ea unique two-in-one volume, includes, on one side, Murakami's first novel\u003ci\u003e Hear the Wind Sing\u003c\/i\u003e. When you flip the book over, you can read his second novel, \u003ci\u003ePinball, 1973\u003c\/i\u003e. Each book has its own stunning cover. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the spring of 1978, a young Haruki Murakami sat down at his kitchen table and began to write. The result: two remarkable short novels--\u003ci\u003eHear the Wind Sing\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePinball, 1973\u003c\/i\u003e--that launched the career of one of the most acclaimed authors of our time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eA Wild Sheep Chase\u003c\/i\u003e, of the trilogy of the Rat. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Widely available in English for the first time ever, newly translated, and featuring a new introduction by Murakami himself, \u003ci\u003eWind\/Pinball\u003c\/i\u003e gives us a fascinating insight into a great writer's beginnings.\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 0804170142\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9780804170147\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Murakami, Haruki, Goossen, Ted\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (May 2016)","offer_id":46356792115397,"sku":"9780804170147","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9780804170147.jpg?v=1781310735","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/hear-the-wind-sing-and-pinball","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}