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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
- Length: 26 hrs and 7 mins
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
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Publisher's Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
Toru Okada's cat has disappeared, and this has unsettled his wife, who is herself growing more distant every day. Then there are the increasingly explicit telephone calls he has started receiving. As 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.
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- Anonymous User
- 18-01-2023
Excellent Narration
Overall an excellent narration, especially considering the number of female characters.
I hit a wall reading this around 65-80% of the way through, but the story was good overall with a satisfactory (but not stellar) ending.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-04-2022
Fantastic story and narrator
Loved the story as you’d expect with Murakami but the narrator was so good, it made so much better.
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- jay
- 19-04-2022
Fantastic
Love this book, story, performance, takes you on such a journey, this is my third haruki book and my new favourite
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- Russell J Evans
- 29-01-2024
Very sureal
Good story, but be prepared to challenge your thoughts, was a little confusing and i constantly questioned if I was interpreting correctly (but I’m not super smart)
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- Mitchvg
- 17-06-2021
Fantastic narration
Seems totally random and pointless but I enjoyed the narration enough to keep me in until the different storylines started to click. I don't know what it is it's just really good narration
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- michael strong
- 14-01-2023
Extraordinary
Extraordinary tale, unlike anything else I’ve ever read. Amazing performance really captures the different characters.
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- Bree Mateljan
- 24-02-2023
A convoluted tale, performed well
Rupert Degas’ reading and performance of this book is simply astoundingly brilliant. His character vocalisation and intonation is world building and emotive.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is Murakami at his finest with unexpected turns and revelations layered into rich story devices. An enjoyable long listen.
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- Luke
- 14-04-2022
Vocal performance is hit and miss
I really enjoyed the book overall, but had some trouble with the voices for a couple of characters, particularly May Kasahara. On the flip side, the narrator's regular speaking voice is quite soothing, and to a non Japanese speaker it seemed that he put some work into understanding the correct pronunciation of some Japanese words and names.
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- Anonymous User
- 24-01-2023
Fantastic
These worlds that Murakami sends us into are beautiful and scary dreams that we've all experienced from time to time. But you want to be in them, you want to find the message and have control to explore. This story is such freedom.
The tales that twist around the story could easily be books all of their own. Every character has so much to share.
Fantastic experience.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-02-2023
Kept me wanting more
Pure Murakami wonder. Lots of twists and turns that kept me wanting more. A definitely read if you like his books.
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