RaveSouth China Morning Post (CHINA)... each of the stories expresses the existential yearnings of a narrator intensely aware of his (always his) singularity. In most, there is a sense of isolation, even in crowds, and most have at their heart an unsatisfying or otherwise incomplete relationship with a woman ... these stories constitute almost an index of Murakami’s themes and approaches: fantastic dystopian intensity and brilliant narrative engineering...through to the narrative passivity and resignation of the protagonist ... Murakami’s precise eye for detail makes readers more aware of their own reading circumstances ... stories that fold back in on themselves and slowly converge ... First Person Singular is a real pleasure, full of crisp imagery and lovely narrative confluences, leaving just enough unresolved.
