{"product_id":"wind-pinball-book-haruki-murakami-9780804170147","title":"Wind\/Pinball","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWind\/Pinball,\u003c\/i\u003e a unique two-in-one volume, includes, on one side, Murakami's first novel\u003ci\u003e Hear the Wind Sing\u003c\/i\u003e. When you flip the book over, you can read his second novel, \u003ci\u003ePinball, 1973\u003c\/i\u003e. Each book has its own stunning cover.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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--\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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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 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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Widely 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":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49517896565009,"sku":"CIN0804170142G","price":5.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50003963117841,"sku":"CIN0804170142VG","price":7.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50005504033041,"sku":"CIN0804170142A","price":12.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50525398696209,"sku":"GOR007678828","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51007616975121,"sku":"NIN9780804170147","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0804170142.jpg?v=1751296168","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/wind-pinball-book-haruki-murakami-9780804170147","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}