the wind up bird chronicle took place in suburban japan.
the wind up bird chronicle took place in suburban japan.
where does the wind up bird chronicle take place?
suburban japan
bullet::::- toru okada: the narrator and protagonist, toru is a passive and often apathetic young man living in suburban japan. he is kumiko's husband and continually follows the orders or wishes of others. toru comes across as your average man and he is the embodiment of passivity. a graduate of law school but has chosen to leave his job at a firm. he spends his days doing house chores, cooking pasta, listening to the radio, and searching for their missing cat. in the beginning of the novel, one could say his life is mundane. toru spends a lot of his time alone and the reader can see that he is not in control of many aspects of his life. it is the search for their missing cat that leads him onto interesting adventures.
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bullet::::- east meets west, the new york times book review









































bullet::::- the wind-up bird chronicle - literary encyclopedia









































bullet::::- exorcising ghosts page with plenty of links to reviews









































bullet::::- the wind-up bird chronicle, reviewed by ted gioia (the new canon)









































bullet::::- "the wind-up bird chronicle" at "complete review"









































bullet::::- the wind-up bird chronicle multimedia theatre production stephen earnhart's multimedia adaptation of murakami's novel









































bullet::::- "lost chapters in the wind-up bird chronicle: a translation and commentary" kieran maynard's analysis of chapters missing in the english version
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