The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles

«I myself like what I write. I eagerly await what I will come up with next». Haruki Murakami — an absolute master of words and a legend of contemporary literature. His novels, stories, and essays have been translated into many languages and awarded numerous literary prizes around the world. For «The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles», Murakami received the prestigious «Yomiuri» literary prize in Japan. Toru Okada — an ordinary thirty-year-old man living in his quiet world: with a beloved wife, a cat jokingly named after his brother-in-law, in a small house in a good neighborhood. He quit his job, but did not see anything terrible in it. But fate decided to play with him. First, the cat disappeared, a strange woman began to call constantly, then his wife left. One by one, old prophecies began to come true, bringing numerous questions into his life and not a single answer. But in the end, the mysteries formed an intricate pattern… «A person cannot live without finding themselves. It is like the ground beneath your feet. If it is not there — you cannot build anything». «The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles» is a monumental work: it contains letters, mystical dreams, memories, magazine articles, encoded files — a cohesive tapestry woven from incredible events, subtle irony, and the inimitable intonation of Haruki Murakami.