Who wrote The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle?

Haruki Murakami wrote The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, first published in 1994. It is a work of literary fiction and is rated 'Essential Read' in our catalogue.

Is there a book club guide for The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle?

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Essential Read

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Name: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Author: Haruki Murakami

by Haruki Murakami · 1994

Literary Fiction · ranked #172 in category

Reviewed by the Book Verdict editorial team

Toru Okada, a Tokyo man between jobs, searches for his missing cat — and finds himself drawn into increasingly strange events involving a dry well, the Manchurian campaigns of WWII, and his wife's disappearance. Murakami's most ambitious novel moves between domestic suburban Japan and wartime history in a meditation on violence, passivity and the hidden life of things.

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The verdict

Category: Literary Fiction
First published: 1994 · 1990s
Author: Haruki Murakami
Standing: Essential Read

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