First Person Singular: Stories

This is a collection of eight short stories by Haruki Murakami. It was initially published in a Japanese monthly literary magazine. All the stories involve an older Murakami looking back at his life with nostalgia.
This book hits the right spot with some stories whereas, some stories just missed the point.
Stories like Cream, The Yakult Swallows Poetry Collection and First Person Singular involve passages of honest introspection. Coupled with the usual spellbinding Murakami writing, elevated these stories for me.
However some stories (With the Beatles, On a Stone Pillow) where Murakami's visible inability to write multi dimensional female characters becomes apparent. As usual, the female characters serve as vessels for the other characters' emotions while their own are mystified.