{"product_id":"9781529957747","title":"Wind\/ Pinball","description":"Author: Murakami, Haruki\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529957747\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 21 Oct 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 336\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover Haruki Murakami's first two novels.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHear the Wind Sing\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePinball, 1973\u003c\/i\u003e are Haruki Murakami's two first novel - here they are together in one edition. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNow I think it's time to tell my story.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHear the Wind Sing\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePinball, 1973\u003c\/i\u003e are Haruki Murakami's two first novels. Home from college on his summer break, the narrator spends his time drinking beer and smoking with his friend nicknamed the Rat, listening to the radio, thinking about writing and pursuing a relationship with a girl with nine fingers. Three years later he has moved to Tokyo to work as a translator and live with indistinguishable twin girls. But the Rat has remained behind. Haunted by memories of the past, the narrator embarks upon a quest to find the exact model of pinball machine he and the Rat had enjoyed playing years earlier- the three-flipper Spaceship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Quintessential Murakami...an excellent introduction to a writer who has since become one of the most influential novelists of his generation' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Murakami's way of making emotionally resonant images and symbols bump around on the page, and in one's mind, remains fresh' \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I was so taken with its atmosphere that I read and reread it' Patti Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46726996590750,"sku":"UBD-9781529957747","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781529957747.jpg?v=1776491167","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781529957747","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}