The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is a surreal, genre-blending novel by Haruki Murakami that intertwines domestic drama, historical trauma, and metaphysical mystery through the story of a man searching for his missing wife in Tokyo.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Haruki Murakami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| englishPublicationYear |
1997
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1998 ⓘ |
| firstPublicationMedium | magazine ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
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magical realism ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ postmodern literature ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ surrealist fiction ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
animals and birds
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disappearance ⓘ prophetic dreams ⓘ wells and underground spaces ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
alienation
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historical trauma ⓘ identity ⓘ marital breakdown ⓘ memory ⓘ metaphysical exploration ⓘ war and violence ⓘ |
| languageEdition | English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Creta Kano
NERFINISHED
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Kumiko Okada NERFINISHED ⓘ Lieutenant Mamiya NERFINISHED ⓘ Malta Kano NERFINISHED ⓘ May Kasahara NERFINISHED ⓘ Noboru Wataya NERFINISHED ⓘ Toru Okada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableElement |
blending of realism and fantasy
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dreamlike and surreal episodes ⓘ intertwining of domestic drama and historical episodes ⓘ use of a dry well as a symbolic space ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| originalTitle | ねじまき鳥クロニクル NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalTitleRomanization | Nejimaki-dori Kuronikuru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | 600 ⓘ |
| publicationForm | serialized ⓘ |
| publicationYear |
1994
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1995 ⓘ 1996 ⓘ |
| publisherJapaneseEdition | Shinchosha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| translatorToEnglish | Jay Rubin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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