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Podcast Mentions

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Haruki Murakami

A special hardback edition of Murakami's epic, magical masterpiece, Toru Okada's cat has disappeared.

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Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang

It was described as a fantastic book of modern magical realist storytelling, but the author's depiction of women was criticised as being shallow and lacking in depth or complexity.

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Everyone loves The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, it's a fantastic book.

— Episode: "American Idol: The Finale" (w/ Anna Dre...

Episode: "American Idol: The Finale" (w/ Anna Drezen)

It was described as a fantastic book of modern magical realist storytelling, but the author's depiction of women was criticised as being shallow and lacking in depth or complexity.

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Everyone loves The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, it's a fantastic book.

What a beautiful piece of modern magic realist storytelling.

But as a whole he does not write women well.

They are always objects of desire and sexual intercourse.

They are never characters with complex emotions.

Episode: "American Idol: The Finale" (w/ Anna Drezen)

It was praised for its magical realism storytelling, but criticised for the way it portrayed women, as objects of sexual desire instead of complex characters.

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Everyone loves The Wind Up Bird Chronicle, it's a fantastic book. What a beautiful piece of modern magic realist storytelling. But as a whole he does not write women well. They are always objects of desire and sexual intercourse. They are not characters with depth. They are never characters with complex emotions.

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