(Paperback - English - 9780804170147)
NATIONAL BESTSELLER Wind Pinball, a unique two-in-one volume, includes, on one side, Murakami's first novel Hear the Wind Sing . When you flip the book over, you can read his second novel, Pinball, 1973 . Each book has its own stunning cover. In the spring of 1978, a young Haruki Murakami sat down at his kitchen table and began to write. The result: two remarkable short novels--Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973 --that launched the career of one of the most acclaimed authors of our time. 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 erotic ..