Pinball, 1973
cover of English-language edition
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| Author | Haruki Murakami |
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| Original title |
Sen-Kyūhyaku-Nanajū-San-Nen no Pinbōru 1973年のピンボール |
| Translator | Alfred Birnbaum |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Genre | Surreal novel |
| Publisher | Kodansha International |
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Publication date
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June 1980 |
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Published in English
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September 1985 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 215 pp (US) 207 pp (JP) |
| ISBN |
(US 1st edition) |
| OCLC | 417360370 |
| Preceded by | Hear the Wind Sing |
| Followed by | A Wild Sheep Chase |
(US 1st edition)
Pinball, 1973 (1973年のピンボール Sen-Kyūhyaku-Nanajū-San-Nen no Pinbōru?) is a novel published in 1980 by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. The second book in the "Trilogy of the Rat" series, it is preceded by Hear the Wind Sing (1979) and followed by A Wild Sheep Chase (1982), and is the second novel written by Murakami.
All three books in the Trilogy of the Rat have been translated into English, but Pinball, 1973, and Hear The Wind Sing, the first two books in the trilogy, were only printed as English translations in Japan by Kodansha under their Kodansha English Library branding, and both only as A6-sized pocket editions. Before being reprinted in 2009, these novels were difficult to locate and quite expensive, especially outside Japan. Murakami is alleged to have said that he did not intend these novels to be published outside Japan. Whether or not this is true, both novels are much shorter than those that follow and make up the bulk of his work, and are less evolved stylistically. The title reflects that of the well-known Oe Kenzaburo novel, The Silent Cry, which in the original Japanese is titled Football, First Year of the Man'en Era [1860] (万延元年のフットボール Man'en Gannen no Futtoboru?).
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