Murakami, H.: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Unabridged)

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Wind-up Bird Chronicle (The) (more info)
Haruki Murakami,


1. BOOK 1: The Thieving Magpie - June and July 1984 - 6:59
2. This caught me off guard. 'Why is that?' I asked. - 5:28
3. I was loading groceries into the refrigerator when the phone rang. - 7:36
4. Why had Kumiko been frequenting such a place? - 6:42
5. Then she took a box of Hope regulars from her pocket … - 6:30
6. Right over there is where the cats go through,' she said … - 5:58
7. Are you asleep?' the girl asked … - 6:21
8. At home, I took in the washing and prepared a simple dinner. - 3:56
9. Chapter 2: Moon and Eclipse of the Sun - 7:01
10. It was schocking to me, too, to realize that in six long years … - 6:46
11. Kumiko took a long, slow breath, held it in a while, and let it out. - 4:35
12. Chapter 3: Malta Kano's Hat - 5:11
13. When the phone rang at 2.30, I was napping on the couch. - 3:50

Wind-up Bird Chronicle (The) (more info)
Haruki Murakami,


1. I opened the wardrobe and looked for my polka-dot tie. - 6:48
2. There was something strange about her eyes. - 6:09
3. I nodded, but this was simply a physical movement of the head … - 6:14
4. I felt relief on hearing this. - 6:50
5. Chapter 4: High Towers and Deep Wells (Or, Far from Nomonhan) - 6:05
6. For about a year after we were married, Kumiko and I … - 6:49
7. Instead of a flower arrangement or a calligraphic scroll … - 7:17
8. He went on talking about Nomonhan for another hour. - 6:22
9. Chapter 5: Hooked on Lemon Drops - 7:22
10. I finally reached the vacant house. - 6:44
11. Hey,' said someone. I snapped my eyes open. - 5:47
12. I touched my hairline. Maybe she was right. - 5:26

Wind-up Bird Chronicle (The) (more info)
Haruki Murakami,


1. We cut through the yard and walked around… - 4:23
2. Chapter 6: On the Births of Kumiko Okada and Noboru Wataya - 6:39
3. What she did then was to shut herself off from the outside world. - 6:50
4. It was shortly after I had married his daughter that I heard … - 6:43
5. In front of the cameras, he played the role of Man of Few Words. - 6:43
6. I had felt awkward in his presence from the start… - 7:38
7. Chapter 7: The Happy Cleaners - 7:08
8. So this was Creta Kano. - 7:27
9. Chapter 8: Creta Kano's Long Story - 7:08
10. I nodded. 'All the time she was wandering through the world …' - 7:10
11. Whenever I bumped into something, it would leave a bruise …' - 5:20
12. When I heard this, after all I had endured over the years… - 4:40

Wind-up Bird Chronicle (The) (more info)
Haruki Murakami,


1. Unfortunately for me, however, the wall turned out to be …' - 7:00
2. But then one night, when I was propositioning men …' - 6:52
3. Chapter 9: Culverts and an Absolute Insufficiency of Electricity - 6:50
4. Your voice is strange,' she said. 'What’s wrong?' - 6:58
5. But you're getting married next week' - 6:09
6. Mr. Wind-up Bird!' came a voice from the garden. - 6:09
7. We stopped off at the company's Shimbashi office … - 6:43
8. Chapter 10: Magic Touch - 6:41
9. You mean like ghosts?' - 5:53
10. I sat on the sofa and used some scissors to cut the envelope open. - 7:02
11. I took the money from the envelope and put it in my wallet. - 5:39
12. Now the people in the district are dying to have my brother run.' - 5:36

Wind-up Bird Chronicle (The) (more info)
Haruki Murakami,


1. Chapter 11: Enter Lieutenant Mamiya - 6:59
2. Sorry,' I said, 'but I'm pretty busy right now.' - 6:32
3. I have been in Tokyo two weeks altogether on this trip …' - 4:45
4. He took a sip of green tea. - 3:54
5. Chapter 12: Lieutenant Mamiya's Long Story: Part I - 6:34
6. I was chosen to be the commanding officer of the escort… - 7:33
7. We proceeded to the Khalkha River and followed it to the south. - 7:27
8. We were setting up camp that evening … - 6:41
9. As I said earlier, Honda had absolutely no combat experience… - 6:34
10. The sun rose the next morning… - 7:14
11. When we reached the ford, just before dusk … - 7:41
12. Chapter 13: Lieutenant Mamiya's Long Story: Part II - 6:10

Wind-up Bird Chronicle (The) (more info)
Haruki Murakami,


1. A short time later, one of the Mongolian soldiers came out … - 7:56
2. He removed his gloves and put them in his coat pocket. - 7:07
3. Fine,' said the Russian. 'Fine.' - 7:21
4. Before long, the entire skin of Yamamoto's right arm had come off … - 6:30
5. They set me on a horse and lashed me to the saddle. - 7:03
6. I believe that I lost consciousness from the impact, for just a moment. - 7:03
7. How much time went by after that I do not know. - 7:23
8. At this point in his story, Lieutenant Mamiya looked at his watch. - 7:28
9. We reached the bus stop and waited. - 5:50
10. When Mr. Honda told me on the bank of the Khalka River …' - 3:47
11. BOOK 2: Bird as Prophet - July to October 1984 - 3:46
12. I waited until 9.30 and dialled Kumiko's office. - 4:50

Wind-up Bird Chronicle (The) (more info)
Haruki Murakami,


1. Just after 1 o'clock, the phone rang. - 6:19
2. I decided to make spaghetti for lunch again. - 7:11
3. To the owner, I said only that I had forgotten my receipt. - 4:53
4. Chapter 2: No Good News in This Chapter - 6:39
5. Poor Mr Wind-up Bird,' she said. - 5:47
6. Where are we?' I asked. Creta Kano didn't answer. - 6:53
7. Creta Kano again. Two wet dreams in a short interval … - 4:21
8. Hmm, that's hard for me to say. - 4:32
9. Chapter 3: Noboru Wataya Speaks - 6:53
10. She called me a week ago and said she had something to discuss …' - 7:30
11. Noboru Wataya pushed his untouched glass of iced tea aside. - 4:58
12. Noboru Wataya went on staring at me… - 5:34
13. Chapter 4: Divine Grace Lost - 6:40

Wind-up Bird Chronicle (The) (more info)
Haruki Murakami,


1. Outer Mongolian troops had thrown me into a deep, dark well … - 6:32
2. In any case, I am grateful for the chance to have met you … - 6:55
3. I did not see what she meant. - 5:39
4. Chapter 5: Views of Distant Towns - 7:18
5. When I did wake up, I took a knapsack from the drawer. - 6:24
6. I sat on the edge of the well curb and listened. - 5:51
7. Chapter 6: Inheriting Property - 6:58
8. Kumiko, though, was fascinated. - 6:02
9. I was living in Asagaya at the time, in a one-room apartment … - 6:00
10. Chapter 7: Recollections and Dialogue on Pregnancy - 7:09
11. In fact, though, I did not want Kumiko to have an abortion. - 6:46
12. Kumiko thought about this for a while, rubbing her stomach … - 5:41

Wind-up Bird Chronicle (The) (more info)
Haruki Murakami,


1. I stayed on the move for a very long time. - 7:38
2. Chapter 8: The Root of Desire - 6:10
3. I wandered up and down the corridor until I passed … - 5:57
4. I went back to the living room, opened the new bottle of whisky … - 6:09
5. Chapter 9: The Well and Stars - 5:40
6. I looked up again at the stars. - 6:43
7. Hey down there! Mr Wind-up Bird!', shouted May Kasahara. - 6:53
8. Chapter 10: May Kasahara on Death and Evolution - 6:04
9. I mean…this is what I think, but…people have to think seriously…' - 6:05
10. And so now you're crushed, Mr. Wind-up Bird … - 4:54
11. Chapter 11: Hunger as Pain - 7:29
12. To divert my attention from the intense pain of these hunger pangs … - 7:15

Wind-up Bird Chronicle (The) (more info)
Haruki Murakami,


1. I decided to take a different look at things. - 6:32
2. But she didn't respond. It seemed there was no-one there any more. - 7:05
3. I went to the toilet and took a long pee with my eyes closed. - 6:07
4. Why this need arose in me so suddenly, why it happened … - 6:12
5. There was always something very close and delicate between us … - 7:57
6. Chapter 12: Discovered When Shaving - 6:49
7. Malto Kano fell silent once again. - 6:40
8. Walking back down the alley to my house … - 6:59
9. No bad memories you associate with the place, then?' - 3:58
10. I thought about calling the old property agent … - 5:31
11. Chapter 13: Creta Kano's Story Continued - 6:53
12. Does that hurt, Mr. Okada?' - 7:00

Wind-up Bird Chronicle (The) (more info)
Haruki Murakami,


1. As I told you before …' - 7:29
2. At last, the man stopped moving his fingers.' - 7:11
3. Chapter 14: Creta Kano's New Departure - 6:52
4. I was still officially a student …' - 7:28
5. What could Noboru Wataya have possibly wanted from Malta Kano?' - 7:00
6. This, then, is how I have spent the twenty-six years of my life.' - 4:43
7. Creta Kano bit her lip. - 4:25
8. Chapter 15: The Only Bad Thing That Ever Happened in May Kasahara's House - 7:07
9. Great bikini,' I said. - 6:48
10. You know, Mr. Wind-up Bird …' - 6:46
11. When she said this, she touched the wound next to her eye. - 4:56
12. Oh, forget it. But you know, Mr. Wind-up Bird …' - 5:36

Wind-up Bird Chronicle (The) (more info)
Haruki Murakami,


1. Chapter 16: The Simplest Thing - 7:15
2. Every day, I would take the train to Shinjuku at 10 o'clock … - 7:31
3. But what the secret was, what had been concealed there … - 7:59
4. At first I kicked and beat him out of sheer terror … - 8:00
5. BOOK 3: The Birdcatcher - October 1984 to December 1985 - 7:05
6. Early October saw the death of the uncle of Noboru Wataya … - 7:14
7. Sometimes I climbed the garden wall and went down… - 5:58
8. Old Mr Ichikawa looked at me in a way that showed I had aroused … - 6:16
9. Chapter 2: Waking from Hibernation - 6:57
10. I repeated the routine every day, as I had done the previous summer … - 5:40
11. Chapter 3: What Happened in the Night - 8:14

Wind-up Bird Chronicle (The) (more info)
Haruki Murakami,


1. But no one woke up, the man went on digging without a break … - 4:03
2. Chapter 4: Buying New Shoes - 8:07
3. Before long, the Haydn came to an end - an abrupt and messy end. - 7:02
4. The room was so utterly still that when I held my breath … - 6:57
5. I finally understood as I was undressing. - 9:31
6. Chapter 5: A Place You Can Figure Out If You Think About It Really, Really Hard - 4:14
7. I'm in the mountains again, in another place surrounded by a wall … - 5:45
8. Chapter 6: Nutmeg and Cinnamon - 6:13
9. The woman showed up a little after 3 o'clock. - 6:48
10. Let’s have dinner,' she said. 'Can you eat?' - 4:59
11. Was there a reason for that?' She ignored this question. - 5:32
12. Chapter 7: The Mystery of the Hanging House - 5:15
13. Tight Security and Secrecy - 3:50

Wind-up Bird Chronicle (The) (more info)
Haruki Murakami,


1. Chapter 8: Down in the Well - 6:14
2. Now a single wall is the only thing separating me … - 5:51
3. Chapter 9: The Zoo Attack (or, A Clumsy Massacre) - 7:51
4. Everyone knew this to be the truth … - 6:32
5. The director handed the lieutenant a list of animals … - 7:32
6. We always sat across from each other at the same table … - 6:07
7. I took a long time to explain, little by little … - 6:28
8. The Chinese workers said to the vet … - 7:18
9. The transport ship cut its engines as ordered … - 7:55
10. Chapter 10: So, Then, the Next Problem (May Kasahara's Point of View: 2) - 4:12
11. I told you before how I got out of that high-class hotel … - 5:08
12. Chapter 11: Is This Shovel a Real Shovel? (What Happened in the Night: 2) - 6:50

Wind-up Bird Chronicle (The) (more info)
Haruki Murakami,


1. Chapter 12: M's Secret Cure - 4:58
2. Chapter 13: The Waiting Man - 6:40
3. Finding it difficult to speak, I simply nodded. - 6:50
4. After patting his knees several times with outstretched palms … - 6:37
5. First of all, Dr Wataya is not opposed to the idea of reconsidering …' - 7:46
6. In addition to which, it's going to cause Noboru Wataya … - 6:12
7. Chapter 14: Cinnamon's Strange Sign Language - 6:35
8. Cinnamon never spent a day at school,' said Nutmeg. - 6:54
9. The Residence was not a big house, and it had minimal furnishings. - 3:47
10. I told Cinnamon the story of the submarine and the zoo …' - 5:16
11. Chapter 15: This Could Be the End of the Line (May Kasahara's Point of View: 3) - 4:33
12. Life is so strange, though. - 5:16
13. Chapter 16: The World's Exhaustion and Burdens - 6:10

Wind-up Bird Chronicle (The) (more info)
Haruki Murakami,


1. Don’t worry,' he said, with a laugh. 'The tax man won't …' - 5:45
2. Maybe I shouldn't say this to you, Mr Okada, but you're ready…' - 5:30
3. Chapter 17: The Fitting Room - 5:44
4. Nutmeg continued her work for more than seven years… - 3:49
5. Chapter 18: A Stupid Tree Frog Daughter (May Kasahara's Point of View: 4) - 4:25
6. I don't have any idea what's happening to me … - 4:23
7. Chapter 19: The Subterranean Labyrinth - 6:28
8. Nutmeg had told me that Cinnamon had customized every inch … - 7:05
9. Chapter 20: Nutmeg's Story - 6:35
10. Nutmeg went on to compile a magnificent record … - 6:42
11. You’ve probably heard his name,' Nutmeg said. - 6:58
12. Not long after she sold the company … - 6:41
13. Chapter 21: The Mystery of the Hanging House: 2 - 8:09

Wind-up Bird Chronicle (The) (more info)
Haruki Murakami,


1. Chapter 22: Jellyfish from All Around the World - 8:09
2. That is just one manifestation. - 8:31
3. Chapter 23: Counting Sheep - 7:12
4. Ishiwara was of the opinion that Japan should not turn … - 6:56
5. Chapter 24: The Signal Turns Red - 7:26
6. If it comes out that his brother-in-law is involved in something …' - 6:11
7. Chapter 25: Triangular Ears - 3:51
8. Chapter 26: The Wind-up Bird Chronicle No. 8 (or, A Second Clumsy Massacre) - 6:06
9. Not that he was a passive creature, indeed, he was more decisive … - 7:14
10. Four hours later, the soldiers were back with the mule and wagon … - 7:48
11. When the four Chinese had finished throwing the bodies … - 5:06
12. Now only the young Chinese prisoner with the number 4 … - 3:38

Wind-up Bird Chronicle (The) (more info)
Haruki Murakami,


1. I've been ordered to beat this guy to death …' - 7:04
2. At that very moment, the young Chinese batter in uniform … - 6:08
3. Chapter 27: Cinnamon's Missing Links - 5:33
4. His stories employed 'wind-up bird' as a key phrase … - 5:34
5. Chapter 28: You Just Can't Trust a House (May Kasahara's Point of View: 5) - 5:35
6. You know as well as I do what the place was like after that … - 4:03
7. Chapter 29: A Vacant House Is Born - 4:22
8. Chapter 30: Malta Kano's Tale - 7:05
9. Malta Kano put the receiver down on the table … - 5:40
10. I took a machine gun bullet during the fierce battle … - 6:42
11. Whenever the number of deaths increased to the point … - 7:42
12. This educated prisoner was none other than the Russian officer … - 5:43
13. One time, in an offhand manner, I asked him about the convicts … - 6:49

Wind-up Bird Chronicle (The) (more info)
Haruki Murakami,


1. Another day when I was walking by the station, that big sergeant … - 4:50
2. And what do you want in return?' I asked. - 4:59
3. Chapter 31: The Bat Vanishes - 6:12
4. While concentrating all my attention on the sound, I fell asleep. - 6:44
5. The door was open. - 5:51
6. Chapter 32: The Job of Making Others Use Their Imaginations - 7:24
7. The work environment steadily deteriorated as a result… - 6:40
8. For some inexplicable reason, he appeared to have complete … - 6:45
9. My plan was to kill Boris. - 7:02
10. I have known for a long time that you wanted to kill me …' - 6:56
11. Chapter 33: A Dangerous Place - 7:06
12. And the broadcast returned to the studio … - 7:27

Wind-up Bird Chronicle (The) (more info)
Haruki Murakami,


1. Who could have turned out the lights? - 8:20
2. Chapter 34: The Light of a Firefly - 7:09
3. Strictly speaking, I didn't come here to see you.' - 7:23
4. You didn't know exactly what had happened to your sister …' - 4:42
5. She followed this with a long silence, as if checking the truth. - 4:20
6. Chapter 35: Just a Real Knife - 5:29
7. Again, without warning, the knife came. - 6:57
8. I leaned my back against the wall and told myself, it's OK … - 6:26
9. Chapter 36: The Story of the Duck People - 5:38
10. So then you know what I did? I got naked. Don't ask me why. - 4:31
11. Chapter 37: Two Different Kinds of News - 6:11
12. It took me a while to absorb these facts as facts. - 6:59

Wind-up Bird Chronicle (The) (more info)
Haruki Murakami,


1. Chapter 38: The Wind-up Bird Chronicle No. 17 (Kumuko's Letter) - 7:30
2. Chapter 39: Goodbye - 8:02

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