by Murakami Haruki · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781529113594
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«First Person Singular» is the short story collection by Haruki Murakami, published by Vintage in paperback (240 pages, in English).
Eight stories narrated in the first person by a narrator close to Murakami: memories of youth, meditations on music and baseball, dreamlike landscapes, a talking monkey and invented jazz albums. The author plays with the boundary between memory and fiction and leaves the reader to decide what is real.
Originally published in Japanese in 2020, the book appeared in English in 2021 in a translation by Philip Gabriel. The title was nominated for the Andrew Carnegie Medal in the fiction category in 2022.
Recommended reading for those who enjoy contemporary Japanese fiction, magical realism and short stories with an introspective tone.
Haruki Murakami is a Japanese writer. His novels, essays, and short stories have been best-sellers in Japan and internationally, with his work translated into 50 languages and having sold millions of copies outside Japan. He has received numerous awards for his work, including the Gunzo Prize for New Writers, the World Fantasy Award, the Tanizaki Prize, Yomiuri Prize for Literature, the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, the Noma Literary Prize, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Kiriyama Prize for Fiction, the Goodreads Choice Awards for Best Fiction, the Jerusalem Prize, and the Princess of Asturias Awards.
