Hear the Wind Sing
by Murakami, Haruki
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 4061860267
- ISBN 13
- 9784061860261
- Seller
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Kodansha, 1987. Softcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good ; Very Good Jacket. 1987 Kodansha, Tokyo, Japan. Kodansha English Library, No. 26. First English Edition. First Edition, 1987, stated. Small softcover with dust jacket. Text in English with Japanese notes at rear. Translated by Alfred Birnbaum. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Top corner of a few pages bumped. Spine NOT creased. Pages lightly tanned, more so at periphery, but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 165 pages. Glossy illustrated dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear. Does not have additional narrow paper obi band over dust jacket. Originally published in Japanese under the title Kaze no Uta o Kike. This item will be shipped with signature confirmation required.
Synopsis
Hear the Wind Sing (風の歌を聴け, Kaze no uta o kike) is the first novel by Japanese author, Haruki Murakami; it first appeared in the June 1979 issue of Gunzo, one of the most influential literary magazines in Japan. It is the first book in the "Trilogy of the Rat" series, which is followed by Pinball, 1973 and A Wild Sheep Chase. An English translation by Alfred Birnbaum appeared in 1987.
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Details
- Bookseller
- SmarterRat Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9960
- Title
- Hear the Wind Sing
- Author
- Murakami, Haruki
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 4061860267
- ISBN 13
- 9784061860261
- Publisher
- Kodansha
- Place of Publication
- Japan
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Fiction,Japan
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Japan;
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