num_pages: 609
description: Toru Okada is an apparently happy man - his domestic routine seems familiar and comfortable. Admittedly, he has recently quit his job, the cat has disappeared, and a strange woman has begun to bother him with explicit phone calls. Then one day his wife does not come home from work.
language: English
title: The Wind-up Bird Chronicle
titlecomplete: The Wind-up Bird Chronicle
characters: Malta Kano, May Kasahara, Toru Okada, Noboru Wataya, Creta Kano, Tokutaro Mamiya, Ushikawa, Kumiko Okada, Boris Gromov, Cinnamon Akasaka, Nutmeg Akasaka
genres: Literature, Literary Fiction, Novels, Asia, Japanese Literature, Magical Realism, Fiction, Fantasy, Contemporary, Mystery
ratings_count: 273471
places: Japan, Tokyo
series: ねじまき鳥クロニクル
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize
category: the Translation of Japanese Literature, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Yomiuri Prize 読売文学賞
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Dublin Literary Award
category: Shortlist
publisher: Harvill Pr