First person singular

"As long as Murakami lives and writes, he will expand this universe." Patti Smith

Who am I, who was I, who will I be? These questions occupy the first-person narrators of the eight stories in "First Person Singular," the new collection by the critically acclaimed and bestselling author Haruki Murakami. Following his epic novel "Killing Commendatore," he returns to the short form while remaining true to his universe: His incredibly elegant classic tales transport us into a world of nostalgic childhood memories, past romances, philosophical reflections, literature, music, and baseball. They deal with failed relationships, fictional records, the Beatles, Schumann, and a talking monkey. Heartbreakingly melancholic, strikingly intelligent, and tragically comic in the best sense of the word, these stories casually play with the boundary between fiction and reality and always manage to surprise. "First Person Singular" is a tender, touching book that resonates long after reading: a true Murakami.