WIND / PINBALL, by Murakami

Pinball, 1973 and Hear the Wind Sing are both first and second novels ever written by japanese author Haruki Murakami, binded in this very interesting new edition under the name WIND/PINBALL.
One of the best things I found about these two stories is namely the fact that they're not as goodslashmatureslashdense as latter ones, say Kafka on the Shore, for instance, leaving chasm for improvement, as we all will acknowledge along his enriched carreer œuvres.
Nevertheless a nice read, mainly if you've never read him. Valid as an intro to his oneiric world, I won't tell you else!
Da leggere!

PINBALL, 1973

Characters

Someone - the narrator
Rat  - a friend is the narrator, 25, tries to write romances
J - bar tender and bar owner, 45, friend of the narrator and of the Rat
Naoko - friend of the narrator, she describes a small town, the wells, a dog
Someone - twin 1
Someone - twin 2
Someone - well digger
Someone - Naoko's father, French literary scholar
Someone - Rat's girl
Someone - the narrator's male partner at the translations office
Someone - the translations office girl
Someone - pinball enthusiast, Spanish instructor
Someone - a lady ear doctor

HEAR THE WIND SING

Characters

Someone - narrator, first person
Rat  - narrator's friend, a client at J's
J - bar tender
Someone - girl who snaps out one night and is rescued by the narrator, works in a record shop