First Person Singular

A riveting new collection of short stories from the beloved, internationally acclaimed Haruki Murakami.

The eight masterful stories in this new collection are all told in the first person by a classic Murakami narrator, a lonely man. Some of them (like "With the Beatles," "Cream" and "On a Stone Pillow") are nostalgic looks back at youth. Others are set in adulthood--"Charlie P...

A riveting new collection of short stories from the beloved, internationally acclaimed Haruki Murakami.

The eight masterful stories in this new collection are all told in the first person by a classic Murakami narrator, a lonely man. Some of them (like "With the Beatles," "Cream" and "On a Stone Pillow") are nostalgic looks back at youth. Others are set in adulthood--"Charlie Parker Plays Bossa Nova," "Carnaval," "Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey" and the title story, "First Person Singular." Occasionally, a narrator who may or may not be Haruki himself is present, as in "The Yakult Swallows Poetry Collection." Is it memoir or fiction? The reader decides. The stories touch beautifully on love and loss, childhood and death . . . all with a signature Murakami twist.

村上春树

1949年生于日本京都。凭处女作《且听风吟》获得群像新人文学奖，由此出道。后续著作不断，涵盖长篇小说、短篇小说、纪实文学、随笔等多个类型。其中有闻名世界的《挪威的森林》、深度纪实的《地下》、被誉为“新千年日本文学的里程碑”的《1Q84》、谈及战争反思的《刺杀骑士团长》《弃猫》等。

曾获得谷崎润一郎奖、每日出版文化奖、卡夫卡奖、耶路撒冷文学奖等世界范围内的诸多奖项。其短篇小说构思精巧，余韵悠长，给读者留下丰富的解读空间。

烨伊

毕业于北京语言大学日语系。曾留学日本，并在当地孔子学院教授中文课程。凭着一点点执念走了一段不太短的路，没承想执念竟慢慢成了信念。

译著有《弃猫 当我谈起父亲时》《人间失格》《潮骚》《起风了》等。