Murakami's masterpiece — translated directly from the Japanese for the first time!
A dissatisfied man of thirty, recently out of work and encouraged by his capable wife to embark on a journey of self-discovery: that is Murakami's hero, Toru Okada, at the center of this shimmering novel. If he can fly at all, it is more like a wind-up toy bird, wound up by who knows whom. And before this Mr. Wind-Up Bird, realities suddenly open up that he never suspected — erotic, economic, and political. Stran...
