Novelist as a Vocation

8vo., black boards lettered in white to spine; decoratively spray-painted black and white edges and colourful printed endpapers; in the matching unclipped dustwrapper (£18.99 to front flap) designed by Suzanne Dean and illustrated by Noma Bar; pp. [vii], viii-xi, [iv], 4-208, [iv]; essentially a fine, unread copy in the like wrapper, with Waterstones sticker to the front panel and a previous seller’s barcode to the lower. 

First UK edition, with full number line 1-10. This the Waterstones exclusive edition, with the sprayed edges. Originally published in Japan in 2015. A collection of essays on creativity, as well as Murakami’s background as a writer, and the role of the novelist in modern society.  

A fascinating insight into the writer’s creative process.  

SKU: 1800183