First Person Singular : mind-bending new collection of short stories from the internationally acclaimed author of NORWEGIAN WOOD Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Roman étranger (2014) a brilliant Polish jazz musician

a brilliant Polish jazz musician who battled demons and for years kept a momentous secret from those around him

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First Person Singular : mind-bending new collection of short stories from the internationally acclaimed author of NORWEGIAN WOOD Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Roman étranger (2014) a brilliant Polish jazz musicianA mindbending new collection of short stories from the unique, internationally acclaimed author of Norwegian Wood and The Wind up Bird Chronicle. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe 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