![]() 'Mesmerising, surreal, this really is the work of a true original' The Times 39. 9780099448792 The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 39.1000 NZD InStock /shop/books/fiction /shop/books /shop/books/fiction/contemporary A mesmerising, surreal novel - Murakami's most celebrated and influential masterpiece The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle reads like a medieval Morality play retold as a contemporary magical allegory of a postmodern psychomachia. Its right up there with Kafka on the Shore but I found it much easier to follow than Kafka. 'Mesmerising, surreal, this really is the work of a true original' The Times Compared to his other books, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is probably one of my favorites. 'Deeply philosophical and teasingly perplexing, it is impossible to put down' Daily Telegraph 'Murakami weaves textured layers of reality into a shot-silk garment of deceptive beauty' Independent on Sunday 'Visionary.a bold and generous book' New York Times *Murakami's new book Novelist as a Vocation is available now* A mesmerising, surreal novel - Murakami's most celebrated and influential masterpieceĪs 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. ![]() Then there are the increasingly explicit telephone calls he has recently been receiving.Īs 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 e. His wife is growing more distant every day. A mesmerising, surreal novel - Murakami's most celebrated and influential masterpiece ![]()
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