{"product_id":"first-person-singularbooks","title":"First Person Singular","description":"\u003cb\u003eAN INSTANT \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER \u0026amp; EDITORS' CHOICE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA riveting new collection of short stories from the beloved, internationally acclaimed Haruki Murakami.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese eight stories, all told in the first person, showcase Haruki  Murakami’s reality-bending skills at their very finest. From memories of  youth, meditations on music, and an ardent love of baseball to  dreamlike scenarios and imaginary jazz albums, together these tales  challenge the boundary between the mind and the real world. Here we  encounter men having a beer with a talking monkey, analyzing tanka poems  written by a former lover, and in the throes of Beatlemania.  And,  occasionally, a narrator who may or may not be Murakami himself.  Philosophical and mysterious, the stories in \u003ci\u003eFirst Person Singular\u003c\/i\u003e all touch beautifully on love and solitude, childhood and memory . . . with a signature Murakami twist.","brand":"Murakami, Haruki","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ Adult Fiction","offer_id":51221701689568,"sku":null,"price":12.75,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_6f900df9-1c7c-4ae6-8639-ddf794556274.jpg?v=1774556201","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/first-person-singularbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}