The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
| Author | Haruki Murakami |
|---|---|
| Published | 1994 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | A man’s cat disappears, then his wife does, and the search takes him down a dry well, into the Japanese army’s war in Manchuria, and through a cast of psychics, politicians and strangers who tell him long stories — the book where Murakami’s realism gives way entirely to the architecture of the unconscious. |
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Where I heard about it
- The a16z infrastructure team — on the a16z Infra Reading List, under Fantasy, the second of four titles in its Haruki Murakami entry. Their note names “wells that lead to alternate dimensions” as the Murakami signature, which is this book literally.
About this edition
Serialised in Japan in three volumes, 1994-1995, and awarded the Yomiuri Literary Award; Jay Rubin’s English translation (1997) is abridged relative to the Japanese original.
Connections
- a16z Infra Reading List — the list this came from; Fantasy section, Murakami author entry.
- Haruki Murakami — the author.
- Norwegian Wood — first of the four selected works.
- Kafka on the Shore — third of the four.
- 1Q84 — fourth of the four.
- a16z — the firm whose infrastructure team curates the list.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.