Friday, September 26, 2008

#47. The Wind-up Bird Chronicle


Title - The Wind-up Bird Chronicle (2006)
Author - Haruki Murakami
Runtime - Twenty Six Hours [Unabridged]
Language Variety- British English
Genre- Fiction

Book 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 comes 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.