Displaying 1 of 1 1997 Format: Book Web Site: Sample text Contributor biographical information Publisher description Author: Murakami, Haruki, 1949- Title: The wind-up bird chronicle / Haruki Murakami ; translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin. Edition: 1st American ed. Publisher, Date: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. Description: 611, [2] pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Summary: While searching for his missing wife, Japanese lawyer Toru Okada has strange experiences and meets strange characters. A woman wants phone sex; a man describes wartime torture; Okada finds himself in a netherworld at the bottom of a well. Along the way he examines his disintegrating marriage-- and the buried secrets from Japan's forgotten campaign in Manchuria during World War II. -- adapted from back cover, Vintage softcover reprint Notes: "Works consulted": page 613. Also issued online. New York Times Notable Books of the Year, 1997. American Library Association Notable Books, 1998. Genre: Psychological fiction. Fiction Political fiction Psychological fiction Psychological fiction. Psychological fiction. Political fiction. Psychological fiction. Subjects: 1900-1999 Psychological fiction, Japanese -- 20th century. Man-woman relationships -- Fiction. Missing persons -- Fiction. Married people -- Fiction. Missing persons Married people Man-woman relationships Politics and government Psychological fiction Psychological fiction, Japanese Married people. Marital status. Japan -- Fiction. Japan -- Politics and government -- Fiction. Japan Other Author: Rubin, Jay, 1941- Kidd, Chip Beletsky, Misha, 1972- Other Title: Nejimaki-dori kuronikuru. English LCCN: 97002813 ISBN: 0679446699 9780679446699 0965341984 9780965341981 9780679775430 0679775439 Other Number: 36510552 # Local items in: 0 System Availability: 3 Current Holds: 0 Place Hold Please select and request a specific volume by clicking one of the icons in the 'Availability' section below. Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Suggestions and more Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
