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mae
03-05-2010, 11:54 AM
Haruki Muarakami's first two novels never published in English outside Japan and out of print there since the 1990s are back in print!

http://www.cnngo.com/tokyo/shop/pinball-1973-english-back-stores-405135
http://lindsaynelson.com/2009/12/pinball-1973-now-reprinting/

Just ordered both from Otaku.com for about $35 shipped. If anyone's a fan of Murakami, these are must-haves.

Bev Vincent
03-05-2010, 12:09 PM
Thanks -- I've been a big fan of his work since Wind-up Bird Chronicles.

sai delgado
03-07-2010, 03:48 AM
My partner has loaned me his short story collection-'After the Quake', but I haven't read it yet-looking forward to it though.

mae
03-08-2010, 07:37 AM
Thanks -- I've been a big fan of his work since Wind-up Bird Chronicles.

I have most of Murakami, but I can't get this one. First of all, the hardcover goes for exorbitant prices used (even really used), and also the translation has actually omitted chapters from the original. Maybe they'll re-translate it and I'll get it then.

I also can't find a good copy for a decent price of his first short story collection, The Elephant Vanishes, which also commands high prices. Also, Norwegian Wood has never been published in hardcover as far as I can surmise, which is unfortunate.

rosered
08-12-2011, 09:12 PM
I real "Pinball, 1973" online, and I don't really like it a lot. The funny part is there is one girl called Naoko that commits suicide o.O (another one)