Norwegian Wood
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| Rating | : | 4.17 (899 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0375704027 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 298 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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I had no way to deal with it, no place I could take it to or hide it away. In 1987, when Norwegian Wood was first published in Japan, it promptly sold more than 4 million copies and transformed Haruki Murakami into a pop-culture icon. This account of a young man's sentimental education sometimes reads like a cross between Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar and Stephen Vizinczey's In Praise of Older Women. And now he's finally authorized a translation for the English-speaking audience, turning to the estimable Jay Rubin, who did a fine job with his big-canvas production The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. --Mark Thwaite. It is less complex and perhaps ultimately less satisfying than Murakami's other, more allegorical work. Norwegian Wood is a simple coming-of-age tale, primarily set in 1969-70, when the author was attending universit
First American PublicationThis stunning and elegiac novel by the author of the internationally acclaimed Wind-Up Bird Chronicle has sold over 4 million copies in Japan and is now available to American audiences for the first time. It is sure to be a literary event.Toru, a quiet and preternaturally 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. Toru begins to adapt to campus life and the loneliness and isolation he faces there, but Naoko finds the pressures and responsibilities of life unbearable. As she retreats further into her own world, Toru finds himself reaching out to others and drawn to a fiercely independent and sexually liberated young woman.A poignant story of one college student's romantic coming-of-age, Norwegian Wood takes us to that distant place of a young man's first, hopeless, and heroic love.
SassyPants said Angst & Alienation. Maybe this is not the best book to read during beautiful summer days. This is my first book by Haruki Murakami and I am not eager to try any more of them. Reviews of his work mention his humor. The only part of this book that was amusing to me was the portrayal of a "Angst & Alienation" according to SassyPants. Maybe this is not the best book to read during beautiful summer days. This is my first book by Haruki Murakami and I am not eager to try any more of them. Reviews of his work mention his humor. The only part of this book that was amusing to me was the portrayal of a 20 year old male who possessed seemingly great sexual skill and sensitivity!The story is told by an adult, looking back on his time in college. Toru is starting college away from home. He reunites with the former girlfriend of. 0 year old male who possessed seemingly great sexual skill and sensitivity!The story is told by an adult, looking back on his time in college. Toru is starting college away from home. He reunites with the former girlfriend of. TalkALot said Amazing Japanese Coming of Age Story. I don't know why I love this book so much. I've always been fascinated about Japanese culture, and maybe that's why. But the way this story is told, from the perspective of a young Japanese student in the late 1960s Tokyo, in a simple, straightforward manner, it's just absolutely amazing. This book proves that you don't have to write such a complicated, complex story to make it a masterpiece. It's that je-ne-sais-quoi magic that makes a book unforgettable. Reading other people's reviews, . saraneeko said amazing book, definitely read.. I LOVED THIS BOOK. I had purchased it originally because I was going through and reading some of the great "classics" in world literature, and this was one of them. I had no idea what it was about, and this book truly changed my life. It's a great coming of age story, and as someone who just recently graduated from University, I felt I could relate to some of the main character's life. Murakami is an amazing writer (I own several of his other books), and you really feel the pain and joy o