Braden Solt reviewed The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Review of 'The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
This enchanting saga will have you feeling like you're at the bottom of deep well
French language
Les Chroniques De L'oiseau à Ressort
5 stars
(3 reviews)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (ねじまき鳥クロニクル, Nejimakidori Kuronikuru) is a novel published in 1994–1995 by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. The American translation and its British adaptation, dubbed the "only official translations" (English), are by Jay Rubin and were first published in 1997. For this novel, Murakami received the Yomiuri Literary Award, which was awarded to him by one of his harshest former critics, Kenzaburō Ōe.
Re-read after 20 years and it hits way differnt
5 stars
Weird and brilliant, the book constantly tempts you into decoding it’s meaning, and then immediately pulls the rug out from under your mind-feet.
I also felt like I needed a giant white board to track the seemingly endless inter-connections, parallels, and metaphors, but I’m not sure a large enough white board exists, and even if it did I’d probably just end up with a giant mess of ideas rendered less beautiful than the novel itself. All that said, his writing about female sexuality is weird and deeply uncomfortable.
