{"product_id":"9780804170147","title":"Wind\/Pinball: Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973 (Two Novels)","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42370063794237,"sku":"9780804170147","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9780804170147_p0.jpg?v=1771578614","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9780804170147","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}