The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami is a Japanese novel published in 1994-95. The book has a total page count of 607- which is longer than most of Haruki Murakami’s other acclaimed works.

Murakami is a very famous author- in fact, one of the very people who have huge support and fan following to win the next nobel prize in terms of critics as well as everyday literature readers. His language is uniquely simple, every word is clear and one encounters no difficulty in grasping the importance of what he states which is one of the many positive aspects of this significant work.

It is an emotional rollercoaster that takes you through very harsh yet subtle instances of loneliness, a search of identity, alienation, friendship, love, loss and, heartache. Read more.

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is a 1985 surrealistic science fiction novel by Haruki Murakami which is set in two fictional universes – Hard-Boiled Wonderland and The End of the World. The amusing aspect of the novel is that none of the characters are named especially but are referred to certainly by their professions, characteristics and cheeky nicknames.

It is no surprise that Murakami builds up a very unbelievably strange universe with all sorts of mystic elements and crazy twists and turns yet he intrigues you with his lucid, simple and fast-paced first-person narrative, dragging you into this weird tale of emotions.

Overall, a strong fast-paced work by Murakami that blows you away with its spiritual, mystic and bewildering climax.

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