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Wind/Pinball

Haruki Murakami
Wind Pinball Book PDF

Author : Haruki Murakami
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385352130

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Wind/Pinball by Haruki Murakami Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Wind/Pinball, a unique two-in-one volume, includes, on one side, Murakami’s first novel Hear the Wind Sing. When you flip the book over, you can read his second novel, Pinball, 1973. Each book has its own stunning cover. 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—Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973—that launched the career of one of the most acclaimed authors of our time. 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 A Wild Sheep Chase, of the trilogy of the Rat. Widely available in English for the first time ever, newly translated, and featuring a new introduction by Murakami himself, Wind/Pinball gives us a fascinating insight into a great writer’s beginnings.

Wind/Pinball

Haruki Murakami
Wind Pinball Book PDF

Author : Haruki Murakami
Publisher : Bond Street Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385681827

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Wind/Pinball by Haruki Murakami Pdf

Acclaimed, best-selling Haruki Murakami's debut short novels, newly re-translated and in one English-language volume for the first time--with a new introduction by the author. After almost thirty years out of print, the first major works of fiction by international best-selling author Haruki Murakami--the novellas Pinball, 1973 and Hear the Wind Sing--are finally together in one volume, in all-new English translations. Centering around two young men--an unnamed narrator and his friend and former roommate, the Rat--these short works are powerful, at times surreal, stories of loneliness, obsession, and eroticism. Filled with all the hallmarks of Murakami's later books, they are a fascinating insight into a great author's beginnings, and remarkable works of fiction in their own right. In addition to the new translations, our edition also includes an exclusive essay by Murakami in which he explores and explains his decision to become a writer. Prequels to the much-beloved classics A Wild Sheep Chase and Dance Dance Dance, these early novellas are essential reading for Murakami lovers and contemporary fiction lovers, alike.

Pinball, 1973

村上春樹
Pinball 1973 Book PDF

Author : 村上春樹
Publisher : 講談社インターナショナル
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009-12-25
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : UVA:X006076146

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Pinball, 1973 by 村上春樹 Pdf

The plot centers on the narrator's brief but intense obsession with pinball, his life as a freelance translator, and his later efforts to reunite with the old pinball machine that he used to play. He describes living with a pair of identical unnamed female twins, who mysteriously appear in his apartment one morning, and disappear at the end of the book. Interspersed with the narrative are his memories of the Japanese student movement, and of his old girlfriend Naoko, who hanged herself, like the character of the same name in Murakami's later novel Norwegian Wood. The plot alternates between describing the life of narrator and that of his friend, The Rat. -- Description from http://www.goodreads.com (May 27, 2015).

A Wild Sheep Chase

Haruki Murakami
A Wild Sheep Chase Book PDF

Author : Haruki Murakami
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307762726

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A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami Pdf

A New York Times bestselling author—and “a mythmaker for the millennium, a wiseacre wiseman” (New York Times Book Review)—delivers a surreal and elaborate quest that takes readers from Tokyo to the remote mountains of northern Japan, where the unnamed protagonist has a surprising confrontation with his demons. An advertising executive receives a postcard from a friend and casually appropriates the image for an advertisement. What he doesn’t realize is that included in the scene is a mutant sheep with a star on its back, and in using this photo he has unwittingly captured the attention of a man who offers a menacing ultimatum: find the sheep or face dire consequences.

Vintage Murakami

Haruki Murakami
Vintage Murakami Book PDF

Author : Haruki Murakami
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307430014

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Vintage Murakami by Haruki Murakami Pdf

Vintage Readers are a perfect introduction to some of the greatest modern writers presented in attractive, accessible paperback editions. “Murakami’s bold willingness to go straight over the top is a signal indication of his genius. . . . A world-class writer who has both eyes open and takes big risks.” —The Washington Post Book World Not since Yukio Mishima and Yasunari Kawabata has a Japanese writer won the international acclaim enjoyed by Haruki Murakami. His genre-busting novels, short stories and reportage, which have been translated into 35 languages, meld the surreal and the hard-boiled, deadpan comedy and delicate introspection. Vintage Murakami includes the opening chapter of the international bestseller Norwegian Wood; “Lieutenant Mamiya’s Long Story: Parts I and II” from his monumental novel The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle; “Shizuko Akashi” from Underground, his non-fiction book on the Toyko subway attack of 1995; and the short stories “Barn Burning,” “Honeypie.” Also included, for the first time in book form, the short story, “Ice Man.”

Two novels

Haruki Murakami
Two novels Book PDF

Author : Haruki Murakami
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 695 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0099507072

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Two novels by Haruki Murakami Pdf

Two of Murakami's early novels are brought together. Dark, dry and downright weird, 'A Wild Sheep Chase' is the story of a man, a girl, her ears and a very special sheep. 'Dance Dance Dance' is part murder-mystery, part metaphysical speculation.

Ben's Robot

Robin Stevenson
Ben s Robot Book PDF

Author : Robin Stevenson
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781459805989

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Ben's Robot by Robin Stevenson Pdf

Seven-year-old Ben loves pretending to be a robot, but his best friend Jessy is tired of being ordered to oil his knee joints and check his batteries. She says the robot game is boring and runs off to play with someone else. So Ben decides to build a real robot instead. He's built all kinds of things before: wind generators, solar-powered marble launchers, pinball machines. But none of his creations have ever really worked. Until now. When his robot begins talking, Ben is thrilled. However, nothing goes quite the way he thinks it will. Ben's robot is rather difficult to get along with. He complains a lot. He's bossy. He never wants to do anything Ben suggests. Having a real robot isn't nearly as much fun as Ben thought it would be. And to make things worse, no one—not even Jessy—will believe him.

The McCullagh Inn in Maine

Jen McLaughlin
The McCullagh Inn in Maine Book PDF

Author : Jen McLaughlin
Publisher : BookShots
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316320139

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The McCullagh Inn in Maine by Jen McLaughlin Pdf

Her second chance at love. . . Chelsea O'Kane escapes to Maine with a gun and fresh bruises. She's ready to begin anew--until she runs into her old flame, Jeremy Holland. As he helps to fix her inn, her heart heals and they rediscover what they once loved about each other. But as the two play house, it starts to seem too good to last. . . . BookShots Flames Original romances presented by JAMES PATTERSON Novels you can devour in a few hours Impossible to stop reading

Provenance

Ann Leckie
Provenance Book PDF

Author : Ann Leckie
Publisher : Orbit
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316388634

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Provenance by Ann Leckie Pdf

An ambitious young woman has just one chance to secure her future and reclaim her family's priceless lost artifacts in this stand-alone novel set in the world of the award-winning, New York Times bestselling Imperial Radch trilogy. Though she knows her brother holds her mother's favor, Ingrid is determined to at least be considered as heir to the family name. She hatches an audacious plan -- free a thief from a prison planet from which no one has ever returned, and use them to help steal back a priceless artifact. But Ingray and her charge return to her home to find their planet in political turmoil, at the heart of an escalating interstellar conflict. Together, they must make a new plan to salvage Ingray's future and her world, before they are lost to her for good.

Who We're Reading When We're Reading Murakami

David Karashima
Who We re Reading When We re Reading Murakami Book PDF

Author : David Karashima
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781593765903

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Who We're Reading When We're Reading Murakami by David Karashima Pdf

How did a loner destined for a niche domestic audience become one of the most famous writers alive? A "fascinating" look at the "business of bringing a best-selling novelist to a global audience" (The Atlantic)―and a “rigorous” exploration of the role of translators and editors in the creation of literary culture (The Paris Review). Thirty years ago, when Haruki Murakami’s works were first being translated, they were part of a series of pocket-size English-learning guides released only in Japan. Today his books can be read in fifty languages and have won prizes and sold millions of copies globally. How did a loner destined for a niche domestic audience become one of the most famous writers alive? This book tells one key part of the story. Its cast includes an expat trained in art history who never intended to become a translator; a Chinese American ex-academic who never planned to work as an editor; and other publishing professionals in New York, London, and Tokyo who together introduced a pop-inflected, unexpected Japanese voice to the wider literary world. David Karashima synthesizes research, correspondence, and interviews with dozens of individuals—including Murakami himself—to examine how countless behind-the-scenes choices over the course of many years worked to build an internationally celebrated author’s persona and oeuvre. His careful look inside the making of the “Murakami Industry" uncovers larger questions: What role do translators and editors play in framing their writers’ texts? What does it mean to translate and edit “for a market”? How does Japanese culture get packaged and exported for the West?

Pinball Games

George F. Eber
Pinball Games Book PDF

Author : George F. Eber
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-05-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781426936883

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Pinball Games by George F. Eber Pdf

When Erwin Leichter played the Tiger Rag in the sealed-off ghetto, his situation was not for a moment less serious, but he was buoyant with youth. Pinball Games, illustrated by the author, tells a story of survival, sometimes through luck, sometimes by daring action, of a group of Hungarian friends through the darkest days of World War II, and later, as they escape from Communist Hungary to the free world. After a youth marked by golden days on the Danube, the author and many of his classmates are drafted into "the white armbands" labor battalions of Christian Jews. They jump for their lives from a train bound for the death camps, and eventually make their way back to Budapest to live through the Siege of Budapest, one of the longest and least written about sieges of World War II. With peace come more golden days on the Danube, but they are illusions: Stalin's "Communist Agenda" forces more escapes. The author, his stepmother, and his father, whose business had been among the first private businesses seized in Budapest, successfully navigate land mines and wire fences to reach the West. "There might be difficult days ahead but I knew those years that called forth the greatest effort of my life were over," writes George F. Eber. "At the time of our escape, the term Iron Curtain was rather newly coined. To me it still meant the great metal fire-curtain in the Budapest theatres of my youth. Now the Iron Curtain had fallen behind us on the theatre of the macabre."

Absolutely on Music

Haruki Murakami,Seiji Ozawa
Absolutely on Music Book PDF

Author : Haruki Murakami,Seiji Ozawa
Publisher : Bond Street Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780385683173

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Absolutely on Music by Haruki Murakami,Seiji Ozawa Pdf

A deeply personal, intimate conversation about music and writing between the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author and his close friend, the former conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Haruki Murakami's passion for music runs deep. Before turning his hand to writing, he ran a jazz club in Tokyo, and from The Beatles' "Norwegian Wood" to Franz Liszt's "Years of Pilgrimage," the aesthetic and emotional power of music permeates every one of his much-loved books. Now, in Absolutely on Music, Murakami fulfills a personal dream, sitting down with his friend, acclaimed conductor Seiji Ozawa, to talk, over a period of two years, about their shared interest. Transcribed from lengthy conversations about the nature of music and writing, here they discuss everything from Brahms to Beethoven, from Leonard Bernstein to Glenn Gould, from record collecting to pop-up orchestras, and much more. Ultimately this book gives readers an unprecedented glimpse into the minds of the two maestros. It is essential reading for book and music lovers everywhere.

Eight World Cups

George Vecsey
Eight World Cups Book PDF

Author : George Vecsey
Publisher : Times Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-13
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780805098495

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Eight World Cups by George Vecsey Pdf

On the eve of the 2014 World Cup, New York Times sports columnist George Vecsey offers a personal perspective on the beautiful game Blending witty travelogue with action on the field—and shady dealings in back rooms—George Vecsey offers an eye-opening, globe-trotting account of the last eight World Cups. He immerses himself in the great national leagues, historic clubs, and devoted fans and provides his up-close impressions of charismatic stars like Sócrates, Maradona, Baggio, and Zidane, while also chronicling the rise of the U.S. men's and women's teams. Vecsey shows how each host nation has made the World Cup its own, from the all-night street parties in Spain in 1982 to the roar of vuvuzelas in South Africa in 2010, as the game in the stadium is backed up by the game in the street. But the joy is sometimes undermined by those who style themselves the game's protectors. With his characteristic sharp reporting and eye for detail, Vecsey brings this global event to vivid life and has written a perfect companion for the upcoming 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Dance Dance Dance

Haruki Murakami
Dance Dance Dance Book PDF

Author : Haruki Murakami
Publisher : Random House
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781448103676

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Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami Pdf

An assault on the senses, part murder mystery, part metaphysical speculation; a fable for our times as catchy as a rock song blasting from the window of a sports car. High-class call girls billed to Mastercard. A psychic 13-year-old dropout with a passion for Talking Heads. A hunky matinee idol doomed to play dentists and teachers. A one-armed beach-combing poet, an uptight hotel clerk and one very bemused narrator caught in the web of advanced capitalist mayhem. Combine this offbeat cast of characters with Murakami's idiosyncratic prose and out comes Dance Dance Dance. 'If Raymond Chandler had lived long enough to see Blade Runner, he might have written something like Dance Dance Dance' Observer

Murakami T

Haruki Murakami
Murakami T Book PDF

Author : Haruki Murakami
Publisher : Bond Street Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780385667050

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Murakami T by Haruki Murakami Pdf

The international literary icon opens his eclectic closet: Here are photographs of Murakami’s extensive and personal T-shirt collection, accompanied by essays that reveal a side of the writer rarely seen by the public. Many of Haruki Murakami's fans know about his massive vinyl record collection (10,000 albums!) and his obsession with running, but few have heard about a more intimate passion: his T-shirt collecting. In Murakami T, the famously reclusive novelist shows us his T-shirts—from concert shirts to never-worn whiskey-themed Ts, and from beloved bookstore swag to the shirt that inspired the iconic short story "Tony Takitani." These photographs are paired with short, frank essays that include Murakami's musings on the joy of drinking Guinness in local pubs across Ireland, the pleasure of eating a burger upon arrival in the United States, and Hawaiian surf culture in the 1980s. Together, these photographs and reflections reveal much about Murakami's multifaceted and wonderfully eccentric persona.