The material that was cut contains some excellent writing and essential plot information. Although Rubin urged publication of the complete version, Knopf published the abridged translation-which remains the only version available to English readers. (The attached file contains a translation of these omitted pages.) Rubin, in 1997, delivered to Knopf both the abridged version and a complete translation. In order to meet the page limit, Rubin was forced to cut more than 60 pages from the original text. Knopf therefore instructed Jay Rubin, the translator, that the book could not exceed a certain length. Murakami’s work was new to the western reading public at the time that the translation was published (1997), and Knopf judged that an overly long novel by an unfamiliar Japanese author would not sell well in the US.

Many readers of Murakami know that the English translation of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is heavily abridged. I have attached my translation of the “lost” chapters from Murakami’s The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. Works Inspired by Haruki Murakami Please leave feedback on subreddit design! <- Reddit Hot New

Rain, Burning Sun (Come Rain or Come Shine).

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running.

It Ain't Got that Swing (If It Don't Mean a Thing).

Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa.

Haruki Murakami Goes to Meet Hayao Kawai.

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World.

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.

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