Norwegian Wood
Author
Original Work
Translator
Language
Year
2000
Publisher
Country
United States
Pages
298
ISBN
978-0375704024
From the bestselling author of Kafka on the Shore: A magnificent coming-of-age story steeped in nostalgia, “a masterly novel” (The New York Times Book Review) blending the music, the mood, and the ethos that were the sixties with a young man’s hopeless and heroic first love. Now with a new introduction by the author. Toru, a serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young woman, but their mutual passion is marked by the tragic death of their best friend years before. As Naoko retreats further into her own world, Toru finds himself drawn to a fiercely independent and sexually liberated young woman. Stunning and elegiac, Norwegian Wood first propelled Haruki Murakami into the forefront of the literary scene.— Google Books
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- The Guardianby Steven Poole · Jun 2007
<p>Steven Poole finds Haruki Murakami marries the strange and mundane with his usual precision in After Dark.</p>
- The Guardianby David Jays · Jun 2006
<p>Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, a collection of short stories by Haruki Murakami, offers ample proof that he does indeed 'write weird', says David Jays.</p>
- The Guardianby Steven Poole · Apr 2002
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