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''The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle'' (Japanese: ねじまき鳥クロニクル, ''Nejimaki-dori Kuronikuru'') is a novel by [[Haruki Murakami]]. One of his most critically acclaimed and popular works, it opens with the life of Toru Okada, currently unemployed, and his marriage to his wife, Kumiko. One day their cat goes missing. [[It Gets Worse]]. It was first published in three parts during 1994-1995. ▼
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▲'''''The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle''''' (Japanese: ねじまき鳥クロニクル, ''Nejimaki-dori Kuronikuru'') is a novel by [[Haruki Murakami]]. One of his most critically acclaimed and popular works, it opens with the life of Toru Okada, currently unemployed, and his marriage to his wife, Kumiko. One day their cat goes missing. [[It Gets Worse]]. It was first published in three parts during 1994-1995.
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* [[Affably Evil]]: Noboru Wataya is more of a [[Villain
▲* [[Affably Evil]]: Noboru Wataya is more of a [[Villain With Good Publicity]], but you have to admit, he has an excellent TV personality. Also Boris the Manskinner in Lieutenant Mamiya's story.
* [[Author Appeal]]: Apparently, the author has quite a thing for wells.
* [[Author Tract]]: A good portion of the work concerns the Japanese occupation of Manchuria (Manchukuo) during the 1930's and [[World War II]]. Murakami makes no bones about calling the whole affair out as having been a Very Bad Idea.
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* [[Strange Girl]]: May Kasahara.
* [[Talkative Loon]]: Quite a few of the characters.
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* [[The Voiceless]]: Cinnamon lost his ability to speak after a traumatic dream in his childhood. He can still communicate effectively via an idiosyncratic form of sign language.
* [[Thrown Down a Well]]: Toru spends a rather large amount of time in the well in the 'hanging house'.
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