{"product_id":"the-wind-up-bird-chronicle-1","title":"The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle","description":"DESCRIPTION : \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eToru Okada's cat has disappeared.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis wife is growing more distant every day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen there are the increasingly explicit telephone calls he has recently been receiving.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs this compelling story unfolds, the tidy suburban realities of Okada's vague and blameless life, spent cooking, reading, listening to jazz and opera and drinking beer at the kitchen table, are turned inside out, and he embarks on a bizarre journey, guided (however obscurely) by a succession of characters, each with a tale to tell.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Visionary...a bold and generous book' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Murakami weaves textured layers of reality into a shot-silk garment of deceptive beauty' \u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Deeply philosophical and teasingly perplexing, it is impossible to put down' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Mesmerising, surreal, this really is the work of a true original' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRODUCT DETAILS : \u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003eISBN : 9781529982367 \u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003eBY (AUTHOR) Murakami, Haruki, TRANSLATED BY Rubin, Jay \u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePUBLISHER : Vintage Publishing  \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePUBLICATION DATE : May 07, 2026 \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCOUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIMPRINT : Vintage Classics \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLANGUAGE : English \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAGE : General \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003ePRODUCT FORM : Paperback \/ softback \u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003eDIMENSION : 197 mm x 128 mm \u003cbr\u003eWEIGHT : 440 g \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRODUCT CATEGORY :\u003cbr\u003e    \u003ca href='\\\"https:\/\/bookazine-hong-kong.myshopify.com\/collections\/Fiction-Related-items\\\"'\u003eFiction \u0026amp; Related items\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Murakami, Haruki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49880759238933,"sku":"9781529982367","price":154.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0272\/7087\/3174\/files\/9781529982367.jpg?v=1776839699","url":"https:\/\/bookazine.com.hk\/products\/the-wind-up-bird-chronicle-1","provider":"Bookazine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}