The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

I managed to finish yesterday this huge novel. It was the first of Murakami`s books with which that I experienced some problems. The story is multi-dimensional, including politics and Japanese history-something which was not present in other novels. There are many threads, many characters who on a first sight don`t have anything in common. Sometimes I found it difficult to follow everything and keep it in my head as one whole. Perhaps this book needs a second reading to attain the more subtle meaning and connections. Otherwise, it was an intriguing and satisfying reading, as always with Murakami`s writings.