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//村上春樹睽違六年的短篇小說集//
《第一人稱單數》收錄了八個題材視角各異的短篇小說：
奶油 Cream
石枕上 On a Stone Pillow
查理帕克演奏巴薩諾瓦 Charlie Parker Plays Bossa Nova
與披頭同行 With the Beatles
品川猴的告白 Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey
謝肉祭 Carnaval
養樂多燕子詩集 The Yakult Swallows Poetry Collection
第一人稱單數 First Person Singular
八篇精湛的短篇都是由經典的村上敘事框架出發，以第一人稱來講述。從對青春的懷念、對音樂的沉思、對棒球的熱愛，到夢幻般的場景與虛構的爵士樂專輯，種種題材與筆法挑戰著我們的 心 和 外部世界 之間的界限。
有時，一個可能 是 也可能 不是 村上本人的敘述者也會 出現。
這究竟是回憶錄還是小說？讀者決定。
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‘Here I was, a first person singular. If I’d chosen a different direction, most
likely I wouldn’t be here. But still – who is that in the mirror?’
The eight masterly stories in this new collection are all told in the first person by a classic Murakami narrator. From nostalgic memories of youth, meditations on music, and an ardent love of baseball to dreamlike scenarios and invented jazz albums, together these stories challenge the boundaries between our minds and the exterior world. Occasionally, a narrator who may or may not be Murakami himself is present. Is it memoir or fiction? The reader decides.
