not be fleeing with her. After this he meets with May Kasahara and they watch the demolition of the Miyawaki house. Later in the chapter Toru is swimming at the ward pool where he dreams in the pool about floating at the bottom of the well, presented in earlier chapters, and hearing horses dying during an eclipse. This leads him to the realization that the mysterious woman on the phone was actually his wife. Ending book 2 with this cliff hanger. Translation The English translation of the novel was carried out by Jay Rubin. In addition to notable differences between the Japanese and English versions, there are also differences between the original Japanese hardcover and paperback editions. Further differences exist between the American and British editions, but these are much more superficial. The German translation by Giovanni and Ditte Bandini is based on the English translation, not on the Japanese original. Nearly 20 years after the first translation Ursula Gräfe translated the book from the Japanese original, including also the missing chapters. 'Die Chroniken des Aufziehvogels'. The Dutch translation by Jacques Westerhoven was translated directly from the Japanese original, therefore includes the missing parts and chapters, and follows the same order as the Japanese version. Legacy Many regard The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle as Murakami's masterpiece, and it appeared in The Telegraph's 2014 list of the 10 all-time greatest Asian novels. Adaptation An adaptation of the novel was created by Stephen Earnhart, a live production of it premiered in 2011 at the Edinburgh International Festival. Notes External links East Meets West, the New York Times Book Review The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle – Literary Encyclopedia Exorcising Ghosts Page with plenty of links to reviews The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, reviewed by Ted Gioia (The New Canon) The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle at Complete Review The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Multimedia Theatre Production Stephen Earnhart's multimedia adaptation of Murakami's novel Lost Chapters in The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Translation and Commentary Kieran Maynard's analysis of chapters missing in the English version Novels by Haruki Murakami 1994 Japanese novels 1995 Japanese novels Japanese magic realism novels Shinchosha books Books with cover art by Chip Kidd Postmodern novels Three-volume novels Novels about cats