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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
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Toru Okada's cat has disappeared, and this has unsettled his wife, who is herself growing more distant every day. Then there are the increasingly explicit telephone calls he has started receiving. As this compelling story unfolds, the tidy suburban realities of Okada's vague and blameless life, spent cooking, reading, listening to jazz and opera and drinking beer at the kitchen table, are turned inside out and he embarks on a bizarre journey, guided (however obscurely) by a succession of characters, each with a tale to tell.
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- Arghakusum das
- 20-11-23
Crazy ride with Mr.Wind-Up Bird
Toru Okada has just quit his job and is living with his wife Kumiko and their cat has gone missing. His life seems boring, full of mundane daily chores. But soon it starts on a wild rollercoaster through dark alleyways , deep dry wells , dark hotel corridors and many strange places. After his cat , his wife disappears and in an attempt to find them both he ends up going on a journey to discover himself. What does he find ? Pick up this novel by the master Murakami if you want to take this ride with Mr.Okada.
This novel has stories within the story with different themes and moods. We meet a plethora of characters :- Malta and Creta Kano , May Kasahara , Lieutenant Mamiya, Nutmeg and Cinnamon akasaka and the wind up bird that flew in once in a while. Each character is vibrant with their own stories. Murakami tackles several heavy themes : life and death , love and relationships, self exploration , pain , loneliness , happiness and many more , he uses the characters to focus on each of them. Do not expect a linear story with a definite start and an end. The novel deviates from the main story at many points and takes you to a completely different plot lines . The sub plots were amazing but at the same time they can be distracting. Personally I felt some of the parts were repetitive and descritpive. This is a three part novel spanning more than 600 pages with 1,51,750 words in total, which is little hard to finish in one sitting (Source: https://www.readinglength.com/book/isbn-0679775439).
I enjoyed the epic journey of Mr Okada , although I can’t say I understood it all. I would recommend this to anybody who has already read murakamis work before.
I would end this with the ending lines from the book which summarises my experience:
“In a place far away from anyone or anywhere. I drifted off for a moment “
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- sharad tiwari
- 17-02-22
Emersive experience
Murakami stories have a comprehensive explanation of plots, may end up being a pushover sometime, but they do create an image in ur head...good for deep reading...almost therapeutic
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- Anonymous User
- 29-01-22
Wonderful!
Haruki Murakami is captivating.
The horrors of the war are well described.
The human interpersonal relationships are well explored.
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