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FURTHER READING

CRITICISM

Davis, Alan. Review of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, by Haruki Murakami. Hudson Review 51, No. 2 (Summer 1998): 433–39.

Davis highlights the pop culture aspects of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, comparing its narrative pace to television programming.

Johnson, J. Douglas. “Springs of Japanese Violence.” Far Eastern Economic Review 161, No. 3 (15 January 1998): 40.

Johnson explores the implications of the political themes in The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle within the contexts of the novel and Murakami's career.

Additional coverage of Murakami's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: Contemporary Authors, Vols. 136 and 165; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 182; Literature Resource Center; Modern Japanese Writers; and St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers.

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1. Introduction
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3. Criticism
   1. Naomi Matsuoka (essay date 1993)
   2. Yoshio Iwamoto (essay date Spring 1993)
   3. David L. Ulin (review date 4 April 1993)
   4. Brooke Horvath (review date Fall 1993)
   5. Jim McCue (review date 19 November 1993)
   6. Constance Markey (review date 2 January 1994)
   7. Elizabeth Ward (review date 16 January 1994)
   8. Alan Wearne (review date February 1994)
   9. Alexander Harrison (review date 18 March 1994)
   10. Celeste Loughman (review date Spring 1994)
   11. Celeste Loughman (essay date Winter 1997)
   12. Elizabeth Ward (review date 9 November 1997)
   13. Lindsley Cameron (review date 1998)
   14. Edward Hower (review date May 1998)
   15. Matthew C. Strecher (essay date May 1998)
   16. Julian Ferraro (review date 1 May 1998)
   17. Michael Wood (review date 11 May 1998)
   18. Tom Hiney (review date 20 June 1998)
   19. Yoshiko Yokochi Samuel (review date Spring 1999)
   20. Phil Baker (review date 23 July 1999)
   21. Lorna Sage (review date 30 September 1999)
   22. Scott Reyburn (review date 15 November 1999)
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