Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973 are Haruki Murakami’s first two novels. Returning home from college during his summer break, the narrator spends his time drinking beer and smoking with his friend nicknamed the Rat, listening to the radio, contemplating 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 stayed behind. Haunted by memories of the past, the narrator sets out on a quest to find the exact model of pinball machine he and the Rat enjoyed playing years earlier: the three-flipper Spaceship.

‘Quintessential Murakami…an excellent introduction to a writer who has since become one of the most influential novelists of his generation’ Guardian

‘Murakami’s way of creating emotionally resonant images and symbols that bounce around on the page, and in the mind, remains fresh’ Evening Standard

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR

Pages: 336, Dimensions: 12.9x12.9cm