#The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

[dk-thrive]

In a place far away from anyone or anywhere, I drifted off for a moment.

— Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Vintage; August 11, 2010) (via thoughts)

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[headfull-ofthoughts]

I am lonely, yet not everybody will do. I don't know why, some people fill the gaps and others emphasize my loneliness.

I want so obviously, so desperately to be loved, and to be capable of love.

But even so, every now and then I would feel a violent stab of loneliness.

Anaïs Nin/Little Women/Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath/Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle/Holly Warburton, A Face in the Crowd

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[dysphoresque]

Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human

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[rains-of-words]

There is nothing so cruel in this world as the desolation of having nothing to hope for.

Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

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[judgingbooksbycovers]

The Wind-up Bird Chronicle

By Haruki Murakami.

Design by Suzanne Dean.

Cover art by Tatsuro Kiuchi.

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[whilereadingandwalking]

One day, a man named Haruki Murakami was at a Yakult Swallows game at Meiji Jingu Stadium, and he thought to himself that perhaps he could write a novel.

Murakami was 30 before his life as a novelist—his aspiration to be one—even began. Now we have Kafka on the Shore, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Sputnik Sweetheart, and countless other classics, but first, it was a fleeting thought at a baseball game.

I took a moment before the 9th inning of Swallows-Giants to celebrate this sports stadium as a place of literary importance.

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[erjmokay]

“Some things, you know, if you say them, it makes them not true?” - Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

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[opulentquotes]

It was not one of those strong, impulsive feelings that can hit two people like an electric shock when they first meet, but something quieter and gentler, like two tiny lights traveling in tandem through a vast darkness and drawing imperceptibly closer to each other as they go. As our meetings grew more frequent, I felt not so much that I had met someone new as that I had chanced upon a dear old friend.

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

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[pipou]

The point is, not to resist the flow. You go up when you're supposed to go up and down when you're supposed to go down. When you're supposed to go up, find the highest tower and climb to the top. When you're supposed to go down, find the deepest well and go down to the bottom.

Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

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[wehavewords]

“Probably someone should take this girl in his arms and hold her tight, I thought. Probably someone other than me. Someone qualified to give her something.”

Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

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[tunabuddha]

"How much time went by after that I do not know. But at one point something happened that I would never have imagined. The light of the sun shot down from the opening of the well like some kind of revelation. In that instant, I could see everything around me. The well was filled with brilliant light. The brightness was stifling: I could hardly breathe. The darkness and cold were swept away in a moment, and warm, gentle sunlight enveloped my naked body. Even the pain I was feeling seemed to be blessed by the light of the sun, which now warmly illuminated the white bones of the small animal beside me. These bones, which could have been an omen of my own impending fate, seemed in the sunlight more like a comforting companion. I could see the stone walls that encircled me. As long as I remained in the light, I was able to forget about my fear and pain and despair. I sat in the dazzling light in blank amazement."

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Lieutenant Mamiya's Long Story: Part II - Haruki Murakami

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[jorjorbonks]

Book Review | The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

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Spoiler Free Review:

It took me over a month to read this book. Not because of its length, 600 pages the longest book this year thus far, but because it infuriated. It was boring and it felt like it was never going to end. You read 300 pages and it should be over, but we’ve barely nibbled into the meat of the book. It takes a very long time for the book to get any real traction. We get a couple scraps at first with some weird things, but nothing super interesting. I did find many parts of it interesting however. I find the mystery of the book interesting, the characters, and whatever crazy things happen are interesting. I also found the main character to be incredibly dull. Although Toru Okada is supposed to be an “Everyman” sorr of character, it does not mean he has to be the most boring man alive. He does get less boring as the story goes on, but he also just really weird and a little creepy. Overall an ok read. I don’t think I’s read it again.

Spoilers!!!:

I do not like Toru Okada. He hangs out with random 16 year old girls, waits for them to come out to seem him by waiting outside their house. One of the last things he says about said 16 year old girl is that she looks good in a bikini when he is possibly dying in a well. But the scene he sees her in a bikini he comments about her still being underdeveloped. Like huh?? He also goes to visit her at the end of the book in this village work place thing. And they hold hands and she makes a comment about people thinking they’re lovers and he says you’re right. Huh???? Toru please leave her alone. The plot also takes a long time to start and it’s just incredibly mundane at first with a few notes of weird going on. I suppose that is the best way to introduce the craziness that ensues. It still does not make the beginning any less boring. Of course the spoiler part isn’t just for me to talk negatively about the book, but it’s also for me to give insights. The themes also remind me of The Stranger by Albert Camus with the go with the flow thing in a sense. The world is ultimately random and trying to fight it will just lead you to self destruction. Mr. Honda, a psychic Toru and Kumiko, his wife, that they used to visit tells him to be careful of water. Not just that but to not fight the water. To keep still at times and other times to move with it. And going against that can cause major issues. This happens to many characters such as Lieutenant Mamiya who tries to fight against the water, the world, and suffers greatly. Besides the conflict of challenging the universe, the antagonist Noboru Wataya is also a rather menacing one. Having such a powerful role in society as well as having so much money he already is very scary. Going against him can be deadly. But also, his power of being able to manipulate others is even more terrifying. My remaining questions and possible answers to them are:

Q: What is the Wind-Up Bird? A: It is probably a sort of sign for change? It shows up to Toru granted for a long time, but the moment a major change happens, his wife leaving, the bird stops. A soldier hears the bird, and the next thing we hear about is the fate of the soldier and his company.

Q: What exactly can Noboru do? A: I think he can manipulate people, or at least bring out their true selves sooner than they should be.

#the wind-up bird chronicle #book review #haruki murakami #japanese fiction

[metamorphesque]

Everybody's born with some different thing at the core of their existence. And that thing, whatever it is, becomes like a heat source that runs each person from the inside.

― Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

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[bookishluna]

Impromptu Personal 24 Hour Readathon Wrap-Up

Hello and here is a bit of a Journal of sorts for the 24 hour readathon I decided to do this week! I am actually thrilled with how this went, I read a ton more than I thought I would. In the past few months I have not really been reading, not quite sure why, but that is how my reading has been going. But, this week I feel like something is actually changing and I am hoping my reading mood has…

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[byronlite]

OK, then, enough of this thinking about the mind. Think about reality. Think about the real world. The body's world. That's why I'm here.

Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

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[belamercado]

I could disappear from the face of the earth, and the world would go on moving without the slightest twinge. Things were tremendously complicated, to be sure, but one thing was clear: no one needed me.

Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

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