First Person Singular. (short story collection) First Person Singular ( Japanese: 一人称単数, Hepburn: Ichininshō Tansū) is a collection of eight stories by Haruki Murakami. [1] It was first published on 18 July 2020 by Bungeishunjū. As its title suggests, all eight stories in the book are told in a first-person singular narrative.
Here’s a four-step guide for English readers who wish to read Murakami in “the Japanese way”. 1. Norwegian Wood (1987) The first work you should read is Murakami’s breakthrough novelAnna / I'm a male, an East-asian (a South Korean, more specifically) with relatively good understanding of Japanse Culture and History, and have read most of major novels by Haruki Murakami (Some in original Japanese).
Haruki Murakami. In this Japanese name, the family name is Murakami. Murakami giving a lecture at MIT in 2005. Haruki Murakami (村上 春樹, Murakami Haruki, born January 12, 1949) is a Japanese author and translator. He was born on January 12, 1949 in Kyoto, Japan. In 2006 he won the Franz Kafka Prize for his book Kafka on the Shore. . 258 430 113 171 137 207 368 266