The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

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.

Pe masura ce aceasta poveste convingatoare se desfasoara, realitatile suburbane ordonate din viata vaga si fara vina a lui Okada, petrecuta gatind, citind, ascultand jazz si opera si band bere la masa din bucatarie, sunt rasturnate pe dos, iar el porneste intr-o calatorie bizara, ghidat ( oricat de obscur) printr-o succesiune de personaje, fiecare avand o poveste de spus.