The Stanford Daily

Haruki Murakami’s ‘First Person Singular’ a perplexing disappointment

Before its release, I anticipated with eagerness Haruki Murakami’s new short story collection “First Person Singular” — published in April this year and translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel.
Christian Science Monitor

‘First Person Singular’ delves into lost love and strange happenings

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
The Washington Post

Haruki Murakami’s ‘First Person Singular’ will satisfy fans with its uncanny scenarios

In Haruki Murakami’s new story collection, “First Person Singular,” one of his fictive everymen observes: “the world can turn upside down, depending on the way we look at it. The way a ray of sunshine ...
Publishers Weekly

First Person Singular

Haruki Murakami, trans. from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel. Knopf, $26.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-593-31807-2 Murakami’s engrossing collection (after the novel Killing Commendatore) offers a crash course ...
The Boston Globe

For Murakami, a return to form in ‘First Person Singular,’ a new story collection that sparkles

The stories echo with Murakami’s preoccupations. Nostalgia and longing for the charged, evocative moments of young adulthood. Memory’s power and fragility; how identity forms from random decisions, ...