A special hardback edition of Murakami's epic,magical masterpiece,The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle,now with a new introduction from the authorToru Okada's cat has disappeared.His wife is growing more distant every day.Then there are the increasingly explicit telephone calls he has recently been 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.'Visionary...a bold and generous book'New York Times'Mesmerising,surreal,this really is the work of a true original'The Times
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9781784878009Number of pages: 640Weight: 729 gDimensions: 222 x 144 x 53 mm
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Murakami writes of contemporary Japan,urban alienation and journeys of self-discovery,and in this book he combines recollections of the war with metaphysics,dreams and hallucinations into a powerful and impressionistic workDeeply philosophical and teasingly perplexing,it is impossible to put downMurakami weaves these textured layers of reality into a shot-silk garment of deceptive beautyCritics have variously likened him to Raymond Carver,Raymond Chandler,Arthur C. Clarke,Don DeLillo,Philip K. Dick,Bret Easton Ellis and Thomas Pynchon - a roster so ill assorted as to suggest Murakami is in fact an originalMesmerising,surreal,this really is the work of a true original
Haruki Murakami
Japan's best-known novelist abroad and the author of many novels as well as short stories and non-fiction,includingThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle,Kafka on the Shore,After Dark,1Q84,What I Talk About When I Talk About RunningandColorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.
Visit the Haruki Murakami author pageHaruki Murakami
Japan's best-known novelist abroad and the author of many novels as well as short stories and non-fiction,includingThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle,Kafka on the Shore,After Dark,1Q84,What I Talk About When I Talk About RunningandColorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.
Visit the Haruki Murakami author page
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