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The mysterious woman is a woman who repeatedly contacts Toru on the phone and in his dreams. Her identity remains a mystery throughout the entirety of the novel. Though Toru identifies her as an alternate version of Kumiko, his theory in never confirmed. The mysterious woman desperately wants sex from Toru, and she becomes frustrated when he will not give it to her. Additionally, the mysterious woman is terrified of the shadow man, who bangs on her hotel room door in Toru’s dreams.
The Mysterious Woman Quotes in The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle quotes below are all either spoken by The Mysterious Woman or refer to The Mysterious Woman. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Book 3, Chapter 35
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I brought to mind the sculpture that had stood in the garden of the abandoned Miyawaki house. In order to obliterate my presence here, I made myself one with that image of a bird. There, in the sun-drenched summer garden, I was the sculpture of a bird, frozen in space, glaring at the sky.
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The Mysterious Woman Quotes in The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle quotes below are all either spoken by The Mysterious Woman or refer to The Mysterious Woman. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Book 3, Chapter 35
Quotes
I brought to mind the sculpture that had stood in the garden of the abandoned Miyawaki house. In order to obliterate my presence here, I made myself one with that image of a bird. There, in the sun-drenched summer garden, I was the sculpture of a bird, frozen in space, glaring at the sky.
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Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
