{"product_id":"first-person-singular","title":"First Person Singular - Hardback","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA mindbending new collection of short stories from the unique, internationally acclaimed author of \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNorwegian Wood\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Wind-up Bird Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTHE \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePhilosophical and mysterious, the stories in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFirst Person Singular\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e all touch beautifully on love and solitude, childhood and memory. . . all with a signature Murakami twist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGUARDIAN \u003c\/i\u003eAND SUNDAY TIMES 'BOOKS OF 2021' PICK\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39339372511298,"sku":"","price":799.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0263\/4884\/7170\/products\/9781787302600.jpg?v=1621190772","url":"https:\/\/koolskoolbookstore.com\/products\/first-person-singular","provider":"KoolSkool The Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}