


Rather than jumping on to the next job, he waits for it to be clear to him what profession to undertake. Although unemployed, he uses his spare time in thinking deeply about anything ranging from music to relationships and also performing domestic chores. He does not measure success in terms of a great job or immeasurable wealth. Toru Okada – Toru is an easy-going young man who enjoys his domestic life. Here is my key to unwind The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle with which I could segregate my thoughts and put some semblance of order into this brilliant yet chaotic narration. For me, at certain points, the book remained frustrating due to the lack of clarity as a reader yet on finishing it I became preoccupied to understand the mystery beneath the words. With each turning page, the mystery deepens and the haze intensifies. For a staunch Murakami fan, the disparateness will be nothing new but what can prove exhausting is the duration of these enigmas. Unwinding the Wind-Up Bird – Decoding the Murakami MasterpieceĪs I mentioned in my previous blog post, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle can have different effects on the readers – it can either amaze you with its sheer brilliance or exhaust you with its seemingly unconnected tales.
