{"product_id":"wind-pinball-two-novels-original-haruki-murakami","title":"Wind\/Pinball: Two Novels (original)\nHaruki Murakami","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThat's who I am.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHear the Wind Sing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePinball, 1973\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e are Haruki Murakami's earliest novels. They follow the fortunes of the narrator and his friend, known only by his nickname, the Rat. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHear the Wind Sing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e the narrator is home from college on his summer break. He spends his time drinking beer and smoking in J's Bar with the Rat, listening to the radio, thinking about writing and the women he has slept with, and pursuing a relationship with a girl with nine fingers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThree years later, in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePinball, 1973\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, he has moved to Tokyo to work as a translator and live with indistinguishable twin girls, but the Rat has remained behind, despite his efforts to leave both the town and his girlfriend. The narrator finds himself haunted by memories of his own doomed relationship but also, more bizarrely, by his short-lived obsession with playing pinball in J's Bar. This sends him on a quest to find the exact model of pinball machine he had enjoyed playing years earlier: the three-flipper Spaceship.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Resheh bookstore ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44235067981959,"sku":null,"price":11.0,"currency_code":"JOD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/1854\/6311\/files\/DC67B04F-3E1D-40A9-8AC3-CC0820E8A915.jpg?v=1774082968","url":"https:\/\/reshehbook.com\/products\/wind-pinball-two-novels-original-haruki-murakami","provider":"Resheh bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}