The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
E442532
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is a surreal, genre-blending novel by Haruki Murakami that intertwines domestic drama, historical trauma, and metaphysical mystery through the story of a man searching for his missing wife in Tokyo.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4451626 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Context triple: [Haruki Murakami, notableWork, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle]
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A.
Kafka on the Shore
Kafka on the Shore is a surreal, genre-blending novel by Haruki Murakami that intertwines the journeys of a runaway teenager and an elderly man who can talk to cats in a dreamlike exploration of memory, fate, and identity.
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B.
A Wild Sheep Chase
A Wild Sheep Chase is a surreal, genre-blending novel by Haruki Murakami that follows an unnamed protagonist on a bizarre quest involving a mysterious sheep with a star-shaped birthmark.
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C.
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage is a introspective novel by Haruki Murakami that follows a man confronting the emotional scars of his youth and the mysterious breakup of his close-knit group of friends.
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D.
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is a surreal, genre-blending novel by Haruki Murakami that intertwines cyberpunk noir with a dreamlike allegorical world to explore memory, consciousness, and identity.
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E.
Norwegian Wood
Norwegian Wood is a 2010 Japanese film adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s novel, known for its melancholic coming-of-age story and featuring Rinko Kikuchi in a prominent role.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Target entity description: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is a surreal, genre-blending novel by Haruki Murakami that intertwines domestic drama, historical trauma, and metaphysical mystery through the story of a man searching for his missing wife in Tokyo.
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A.
Kafka on the Shore
Kafka on the Shore is a surreal, genre-blending novel by Haruki Murakami that intertwines the journeys of a runaway teenager and an elderly man who can talk to cats in a dreamlike exploration of memory, fate, and identity.
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B.
A Wild Sheep Chase
A Wild Sheep Chase is a surreal, genre-blending novel by Haruki Murakami that follows an unnamed protagonist on a bizarre quest involving a mysterious sheep with a star-shaped birthmark.
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C.
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage is a introspective novel by Haruki Murakami that follows a man confronting the emotional scars of his youth and the mysterious breakup of his close-knit group of friends.
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D.
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is a surreal, genre-blending novel by Haruki Murakami that intertwines cyberpunk noir with a dreamlike allegorical world to explore memory, consciousness, and identity.
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E.
Norwegian Wood
Norwegian Wood is a 2010 Japanese film adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s novel, known for its melancholic coming-of-age story and featuring Rinko Kikuchi in a prominent role.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Haruki Murakami ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| englishPublicationYear |
1997
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1998 ⓘ |
| firstPublicationMedium | magazine ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
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magical realism ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ postmodern literature ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ surrealist fiction ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
animals and birds
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disappearance ⓘ prophetic dreams ⓘ wells and underground spaces ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
alienation
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historical trauma ⓘ identity ⓘ marital breakdown ⓘ memory ⓘ metaphysical exploration ⓘ war and violence ⓘ |
| languageEdition | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Creta Kano
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Kumiko Okada ⓘ Lieutenant Mamiya ⓘ Malta Kano ⓘ May Kasahara ⓘ Noboru Wataya ⓘ Toru Okada ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableElement |
blending of realism and fantasy
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dreamlike and surreal episodes ⓘ intertwining of domestic drama and historical episodes ⓘ use of a dry well as a symbolic space ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| originalTitle | ねじまき鳥クロニクル ⓘ |
| originalTitleRomanization | Nejimaki-dori Kuronikuru ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | 600 ⓘ |
| publicationForm | serialized ⓘ |
| publicationYear |
1994
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1995 ⓘ 1996 ⓘ |
| publisherJapaneseEdition | Shinchosha ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Japan ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Tokyo ⓘ |
| translatorToEnglish | Jay Rubin ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Description of subject: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is a surreal, genre-blending novel by Haruki Murakami that intertwines domestic drama, historical trauma, and metaphysical mystery through the story of a man searching for his missing wife in Tokyo.
Referenced by (3)
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