{"product_id":"hear-the-wind-sing-and-pinball","title":"Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWind\/Pinball \u003c\/i\u003eincludes two short books: Murakami's first novel, \u003ci\u003e Hear the Wind Sing, \u003c\/i\u003eand his second novel, \u003ci\u003ePinball, 1973\u003c\/i\u003e.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWidely 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":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48618877452493,"sku":"9780804170147","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_2f155ba4-9bc6-49bc-bb75-dd15c5dc58c0.jpg?v=1787961451","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/hear-the-wind-sing-and-pinball","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}