Wind/Pinball: Two Novels by Haruki Murakami

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Wind/Pinball brings together Haruki Murakami's first two novels — Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973 — the works that launched the career of one of the world's most celebrated writers. Published as a unique flip-book edition, one side contains Hear the Wind Sing, and turning the book over reveals Pinball, 1973, each with its own distinct cover. Written in the spring of 1978 at his kitchen table, these two short novels announced Murakami's arrival as a literary voice and remained largely unavailable in English translation for decades until this edition.

Both novels follow the same unnamed narrator and his friend, known only as "the Rat." In Hear the Wind Sing, the narrator is home from college for the summer, spending his nights drinking and talking with the Rat at J's Bar while pursuing a relationship with a girl missing part of a finger. Three years later, in Pinball, 1973, the narrator has relocated to Tokyo to work as a translator, living with a pair of indistinguishable twin sisters, while the Rat remains behind, unable to leave his hometown or his relationship. Haunted by memories of a doomed relationship, the narrator becomes fixated on tracking down a specific pinball machine he once played obsessively — the three-flipper Spaceship

Spare, surreal, and quietly melancholic, these stories of loneliness and longing carry all the hallmarks of Murakami's later fiction and form the first two parts of what is informally known as the "Trilogy of the Rat," continued in A Wild Sheep Chase

Why Choose This Book?

• Murakami's literary origins: A rare chance to read the novels that started it all, newly translated by Ted Goossen.
• Unique flip-book format: Two novels in one striking two-in-one edition, each with its own cover.
• Author's own introduction: Includes Murakami's personal reflections on his beginnings as a writer.
• Essential for fans: A must-read for readers wanting the full arc of the Rat trilogy and Murakami's stylistic evolution.
• National bestseller: Widely praised for its glimpse into a major author's formative voice.

About the Author: Haruki Murakami

Haruki Murakami is one of the most celebrated novelists writing today, known for blending everyday realism with the surreal in works like Norwegian Wood, Kafka on the Shore, and 1Q84. Born in Kyoto in 1949, his books have been translated into more than fifty languages, and he has received numerous international literary honors, including the Jerusalem Prize.

Who Should Read This Book?

• Devoted Murakami readers wanting to trace his literary development
• Fans of spare, atmospheric coming-of-age fiction
• Readers of the "Trilogy of the Rat" seeking the full series
• Anyone curious about a major author's earliest work
• Fans of Japanese literature and understated, melancholic storytelling

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