ABOUT
THE BOOK

The Wind-up Bird Chronicle is many things: the story of a marriage that mysteriously collapses; a jeremiad against the superficiality of contemporary politics; an investigation of painfully suppressed memories of war; a bildungsroman about a compassionate young man’s search for his own identity as well as that of his nation. Deceptively simple, wise, poignant, funny, and horrifying, The Wind-up Bird Chronicle is a mesmerising saga of personal conscience and the power of history. Haruki Murakami was born in Japan in 1949. He is the recipient of many honours including the prestigious Yomiuri Literary Prize and his work has been translated into fourteen languages.