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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
- Length: 26 hrs and 7 mins
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
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Summary
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Toru Okada's cat has disappeared, and this has unsettled his wife, who is herself growing more distant every day. Then there are the increasingly explicit telephone calls he has started receiving. As this compelling story unfolds, the tidy suburban realities of Okada's vague and blameless life, spent cooking, reading, listening to jazz and opera and drinking beer at the kitchen table, are turned inside out and he embarks on a bizarre journey, guided (however obscurely) by a succession of characters, each with a tale to tell.
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- T
- 02-06-22
The voices of different characters put me off
If you can read the book just read it yourself. You won’t be able to concentrate by the noises of this audiobook.
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- Liam
- 18-07-24
Brilliant!
Great narration of book. Engaging and interesting novel. Like nothing I’ve ever read before. Highly recommended!
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- Anonymous User
- 17-12-23
Good but lengthy
I was a bit annoyed by the voice of Mae Kasahara, but I think that was also the point of the character. If the story wasn’t this long, I would listen to it again to comprehend it better. Now it will probably take me a few years to start again. Would recommend!
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- Anonymous User
- 24-06-24
Ruined by poor narration
Every female character is made to sound petulant and annoying. The story is fantastic and well paced, but the narration spoils the otherwise excellent dialogue.
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- Dennis Sommers
- 28-07-24
Had its moments
This is an over-long work and whilst it might cohere and carry cultural significance for a Japanese reader ir a reader or a student, it left me utterly confused as to what the author may have been trying to put across, and I doubt whether the problem could have been the translation which read perfectly well.
As for the reader: editors need to be aware that drastic changes of tone and volume, however in character, are unsuitable for those people living in close proximity to others: May,s shrieking and news commentator - not to mention the hideous Urakawa needed to be handled more sensitively by the recording engineer!
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- Kate
- 08-01-21
Japanese illusion of consciousness
Interesting book, "very Japanese" if that makes sense, but too much of a "visual" descriptions makes it unacceptable for some.
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- Princess Conzuela Banana Hammock
- 12-02-24
not the best Murakami narration
the way the narrator does pretty much all of the women's voices, but especially May is really distracting and annoying. the story is good but I felt like I couldn't follow it because I couldn't stand listening to half the dialogue.
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- Raisa Veikkola
- 16-03-23
Brilliant book, ingenious narration
I have read this incredible book a few years ago, and very happy to discover that it has been also narrated so brilliantly. Highly recommend!
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- J K
- 20-01-21
Intriguing
Some have mentioned they had an issue with the narration but I thought it was a wonderful performance. Murakami books are always so deliciously dreamlike and this is no different. I highly recommend it.
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- Dr. Sl Dix
- 22-09-21
Good story, narration irritating in places
This is the the third Murikami that I've listened to. I had high expectations as loved the previous ones. This one disappointed a little. I found the story too meandering places but there was enough of a strong plot to sustain my interest.
The principle narration is good - what really brings it down is when he voices other characters in the book. The irritating female voices destroyed (and some of the male) the experience for me. Indeed on some of them they were so grating that I would have to fast forward some of the longer sections of narration as it was too painful to listen to.
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