{"product_id":"the-wind-up-bird-chronicle-9780679775430","title":"The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \"dreamlike and compelling\" tour de force (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e)--an astonishingly imaginative detective story, an account of a disintegrating marriage, and an excavation of the buried secrets from Japan's forgotten campaign in Manchuria during World War II. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow with a new introduction by the author.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In a Tokyo suburb, a young man named Toru Okada searches for his wife's missing cat--and then for his wife as well--in a netherworld beneath the city's placid surface. As these searches intersect, he encounters a bizarre group of allies and antagonists. Gripping, prophetic, and suffused with comedy and menace, this is one of Haruki Murakami's most acclaimed and beloved novels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHaruki Murakami was born in Kyoto in 1949 and now lives near Tokyo. The most recent of his many honors is the Yomiuri Literary Prize, whose previous recipients include Yukio Mishima, Kenzaburo Oe, and Kobo Abe. He is the author of the novels \u003cb\u003eDance, Dance, Dance\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eHard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eA Wild Sheep Chase\u003c\/b\u003e, and of \u003cb\u003eThe Elephant Vanishes\u003c\/b\u003e, a collection of stories. His latest novel, \u003cb\u003eSouth of the Border, West of the Sun\u003c\/b\u003e, will be published by Knopf in 1999. His work has been translated into more than fifty languages.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50575221391634,"sku":"9780679775430","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5e2e61e5-d365-4c00-8a77-5fbde4b23080.jpg?v=1731978700","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-wind-up-bird-chronicle-9780679775430","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}