Siegfried reviewed Die Chroniken des Aufziehvogels by Haruki Murakami
Die Chroniken des Aufziehvogels
5 stars
Ein Genuss :-)
hardcover, 609 pages
English language
Published Aug. 6, 2010 by Harvill Secker.
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. --front flap
Ein Genuss :-)