The Wind-up Bird Chronicle

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 奇鸟行状录

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TheWind-Up Bird Chronicle takes place in Tokyo, Japan, during the 1980s. There areseveral f______1______, however, to the war between Japan and Korea, a timewhen Japan took c______2______ of the Korean peninsula in the early part of thetwentieth century.

Murakamiweaves through these two time periods as he tells the story of how peopleeither lose or gain personal power. This power is used both for the benefit andthe d______3______ of other people. The protagonist, Toru Okada, is forced todevelop an i_______4_____ strength when his wife goes missing. She falls victimto her brother, a politician, who has m______5______ some sort of mind controlover less mentally stable people. To bring his wife back, Toru must learn tooutwit the brother and b_____6_______ the spell he has on Toru's wife. Much ofthe story takes place inside d_____7_______. Toru practices l______8______dreaming, which consists of being consciously aware of one's dreams whilesleeping. Another aspect of the story, the flashbacks to Japan's control of theKorean people, is graphic and a______9______: details of torture are a majorpart of the historical material.

Themesof loss and i______10______ run through this novel. Every character is touchedby a great loss, such as Toru's loss of his wife. However, there is also astrong discussion of how some people work at achieving a power over theiremotions and subconscious

【词汇注释】

chronicle  ['krɒnɪkl]  n.  记录；年代记

flashbacks['flæʃ.bæk]n.倒叙；回顾

peninsula[pə'nɪnsjʊlə]n.半岛

detriment[ˈdɛtrimənt]n.危害

protagonist[prəʊ'tæɡənɪst]n.主角；主人公

strength[streŋθ]n.强度；力量

dreamscapes['driːmskeɪp]n.梦境；梦景

consciously['kɒnʃəsli]adv.有意识地

graphic['ɡræfɪk]adj.生动的

touch[tʌtʃt]adj.感激；受感动

subconscious[.sʌb'kɒnʃəs]n. 潜意识；下意识

【参考译文】

《奇鸟行状录》的故事发生在1980年代的日本东京，但有好几次关于日本和朝鲜战争的倒叙，当时日本在20世纪初控制了朝鲜半岛。

村上春树在讲述人们如何失去或获得个人能力的故事时，穿行于这两个时期。这种能力既有利于他人，也有损于他人。主人公冈田亨在妻子失踪后，被迫开发内心的力量。他妻子成了她哥哥的牺牲品，其哥哥是一位政治家，他精通于对精神不太稳定的人实施某种精神控制。为了把他的妻子找回来，冈田亨必须学会智胜其哥哥，打破他对冈田亨妻子的咒语。故事的大部分发生在幻景中。冈田亨练习清醒入梦，包括在睡觉时有意识地意识到自己的梦境。故事的另一个方面是对日本控制朝鲜人民的倒叙，写得生动而引人入胜：酷刑的细节大部来自历史资料。

这部小说贯穿着失落和孤独的主题。每个角色都会被冈田亨失去妻子等巨大的损失所感动，。然而，其中还有关于一些人如何致力于获得控制自己情绪和潜意识的能力的深刻论述。

村上春树（著）