Straightforward problems with straightforward solutions, right? Perhaps Toru will become employed again. Sure, he’s hit a bump along the road by losing his job and his pet cat, as well as becoming more distant with his wife who is always busy with work.
He has a nice wife and a nice house, and they live together in a nice suburb. A young man by the name of Toru Okada leads an ordinary life. It becomes stranger once he goes out in search of his missing cat, and from then on, it’s as if you’re falling down a tunnel where the people get weirder, the events get wilder, and most importantly, the themes hit closer to home.Īt first the plot seems pretty simple. A man is cooking spaghetti, minding his own business, when he is interrupted by an anonymous caller wanting sex. I distinctly remember sitting down and reading the first few pages – it had started off normal enough. The only novel of his I was aware of at the time was Norwegian Wood, and that was your typical love-story-turned-tragedy, without all the surreal elements his other works are famous for. So when I began my Murakami journey, I had no idea just what I was getting into. Usually when reading a new book, I try to stay away from the blurb, thinking it will ruin the story for me (because most of the time it does). There is honestly no other way to explain the confusing events and seemingly illogical timeline that the story is wrapped up in. I was first initiated into the world of Murakami through this book, and nothing had prepared me for the hallucinogenic trip I was about to take. Missing cats, taboo sex scenes and hectic surrealism – nothing speaks more Murakami than The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.
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