The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel by Haruki Murakami Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel
Book Review: A masterpiece from Japan
Summary: 5 Stars
An amazing book: written with grace, passion and immaculate style. On one level it's a supernatural mystery, on another a sharp analysis of Japanese culture and national character. Dreams and reality interact with each other as the main character searches for his missing wife. The numerous elements and plot lines work together extremely well. This is a true magnum opus, one of the best books I have ever read.Book Review: A MUST!
Summary: 5 Stars
I am still in the process of reading this fabulous book. It is a facinating tale of the characters search for his missing wife. However, there is nothing usual about this style of writing but it is still easy to read and very hard to put down!Book Review: Sensational!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Haruki Murakami is definitively on my "top-ten novels of all the times" chart! The Wind-up Bird Chronicle is one of the best contemporary novels I have ever read. Murakami is breathtaking writer... the literary maestro who knows how to guide smoothly and unexpectedly through landscapes of mystery, thriller, supernatural, all mixed up with sense for humour and rich imagination...Read is a must!Book Review: no, quite easily SIX crowns.
Summary: 5 Stars
this book is simply the best. It's clarity and imagination combine, i guess due to the focused intention on the author's behalf. Reading this, and Murakami's other works has given me an insight which I very rarely obtain from books: in this one a general awareness of space, and a tight concept of time structures this wonderful journey through our protagonist's world. The mere fact that tha narrative (as in his other novels) is approached from the perspective of the first person draws you into the multiple realities of our character's world. And I may add that Murakami-sama is one of the only people to increase my awareness of general existence on many levels, not least in how people experience the same reality... in different ways -something which despite it's shocking simplicity is too often forgotten. Murkami builds his reality until it envelops you. Finally, one of the most special elements of the book is the character building, which is without a doubt very vivid. Building tight, visually stimulating scenarios and descriptions Murakami attracts me to all of his characters equally, each posessing his or her own powerful aura, an energy which could not be ignored. The strong presence of femeninity gives it a distinct gender placement (although I have not read his book "The Sputnik Sweetheart" about two lesbian lovers.) This book is fundamentally a very sexual experience (this can be percieved in many ways, incidentally, and is not intended to be perverted or depraved... The book, it is a wonderful xperience. Don't miss out.Book Review: His best since "Dance Dance Dance"
Summary: 5 Stars
As with all his books Murakami allows you to identify with his ordinary hero, not only through the most extraordinary things that happen to him but also through his descriptive powers of the ennui of everyday life which somehow makes it fascinating to read about. Everyone likes to see how others live their lives. What adds to this general fascination for the Western reader is to be able to get into contemporary Japanese urban culture - every paragraph tells you something new about this ultra modern country and how it retains its links with tradition. Indeed it is "the past" which adds an extra dimension to this novel and makes it truly memorable. How many people outside the immediate protagonist nations have any notion of the 1939 campaign fought in Mongolia between Japan and the Soviet Union? How you may think could someone weave such a story into a modern day tale, running parallel, set in suburban Tokyo with some very "normal" characters and yet who experience some supernatural happenings? Murakami masters it all with ease in his own accessible yet challenging way. Read this book: and I recommend you to seek out any other by the same author too.