The WinD-Up Bird Chronicle

A special hardback edition of Murakamis epic magical masterpiece The WindUp Bird Chronicle now with a new introduction from the author Toru Okadas 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 Okadas 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 Murakami weaves textured layers of reality into a shotsilk garment of deceptive beauty Independent on Sunday Deeply philosophical and teasingly perplexing it is impossible to put down Daily Telegraph Mesmerising surreal this really is the work of a true original The Times