Pinball, 1973

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Haunted by memories of a doomed love affair, and living in something of a strange hiatus in Tokyo, Pinball, 1973’s narrator finds himself dreaming of the days he used to wile away playing pinball in J’s Bar. Until one day he embarks on a quest: to find the exact model of pinball machine he played years earlier – the infamous three-flipper Spaceship.

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A nostalgic, jazz-soaked love-letter to a youth spent in pursuit of simple pleasures, from the Japan’s most celebrated contemporary storyteller, Haruki Murakami

Haunted by memories of a doomed love affair, and living in something of a strange hiatus in Tokyo, Pinball, 1973‘s narrator finds himself dreaming of the days he used to wile away playing pinball in J’s Bar. Until one day he embarks on a quest: to find the exact model of pinball machine he played years earlier – the infamous three-flipper Spaceship.

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Weight 0.142 kg
Dimensions 19.7 × 13.1 × 1.3 cm
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Cover

Paperback

Pages

176

Language

English

Edition

|Reprint

Dewey

895.636 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K