'Pinball 1973', true English language first edition published by Kodansha in Japan
Murakami, Haruki
Published by Kodansha, 1985
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Soft cover
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Haruki Murakami (1985) Pinball, 1973 , first English-language edition (first printing), published by Kodansha in Japan. Published in Japan for domestic readers who wanted to improve their English. Paperback original. Condition: a very good book in like dust jacket. The dust jacket's spine is faded as shown. The book bears no previous owner's inscriptions. Slight soiling at the back panel. A very fair price for this scarce title. Murakami s second novel and second in the Trilogy of the Rat. Translated by Alfred Birnbaum. The novel was re-issued in 2015 with a new translation by Ted Goossen. Murakami is a strong candidate for the Nobel Prize in literature having won all other important literary prizes. First and Fine. Seller Inventory # ABE-1561027462813
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Title: 'Pinball 1973', true English language first ...
Publisher: Kodansha
Publication Date: 1985
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition
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PINBALL 1973, true English language first edition published by Kodansha in Japan
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Kodansha, Tokyo, 1985
Used
Soft cover
First Edition
Seller: David Gaines, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First English Edition. Wraps (PB) in near fine condition with few tiny darkened spots top page edges. Dust jacket in near fine condition with slight rubbing to upper right corner and right edge. Published in Japan for domestic readers who wanted to improve their English. First edition in English of this early novel by Murakami. Translated by Alfred Birnbaum. 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. The plot alternates between describing the life of narrator and that of his friend, The Rat. 215 pages with notes. Seller Inventory # 104911
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