Hear the Wind Sing

Murakami's first novella, one of his 'kitchen table' novels written by hand at night after running his bar. Grant liked it and could see a young writer still finding his way.

Where it appears 2

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  how to win at pinball & lifeEp 3 · with Ian Coll

  Murakami's first novel; Tamir shows a one-of-a-kind custom-bound copy he bought from a bookbinder in his Murakami book club.

• 
  the antidote to madnessEp 2 · with Grant Shipway

  Listen at 1:16:50Read it in the transcript

Connections

Written by

• Haruki Murakami

Referenced by

• Kitchen Table Novels

Mentioned alongside

• Murakami wrote at the kitchen tableTamir Barzilai · Ep 2 · 1:16:50

  Tamir recounts that Murakami, at 30, ran a bar and after getting home late at night would sit at his kitchen table for two hours writing by hand, producing Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball…

• Custom-bound Hear the Wind SingTamir Barzilai · Ep 3 · 1:03:59

  Tamir shows a one-of-a-kind copy of Murakami's Hear the Wind Sing, custom bound from an old book by a bookbinder he found through his Murakami book club.