description: Toru Okada is going through a difficult time. He is without a job, his cat has disappeared and his wife is behaving strangely. Into this unbalanced world, come a variety of curious characters, a young girl sunbathing in a nearby garden, sisters who are very peculiar indeed, an old war veteran with a violent, disturbing story. Okada retreats to a deep well in a nearby house. And the story unfolds.
language: English
title: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
titlecomplete: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (The Complete Classics)
characters: May Kasahara, Noboru Wataya, Malta Kano, Ushikawa, Nutmeg Akasaka, Toru Okada, Tokutaro Mamiya, Cinnamon Akasaka, Kumiko Okada, Creta Kano, Boris Gromov
genres: Fiction, Magical Realism, Asia, Mystery, Japanese Literature, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Fantasy, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 273437
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: Naxos Audiobooks