Norwegian Wood

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Haruki Murakami

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.

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Author

Haruki Murakami

Pages

304

Publisher

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Published Date

2010-08-11

ISBN

0307762718 9780307762719

Ratings

Google: 3.5

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"I read my first Murakami book about 2 years ago and just got back to another, Norwegian Wood. Love the Beatles song that gave the book its name. This is a bit of a (for me) tortured tour though a coming of age saga impacted by mental illness and suicide(s). Tough material and worth some serious reflection. "

Jackie Davidson

"Tbh I only read it bc Harry styles said he did. But I just coy don’t really understand what the story was really. Like I was just so confused. 2/10"

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Bina rieser

"4/5 Great representation of mental health issues and handles heavy topics with respect. However, there are too many sex scenes/mentions of sex and the ending is somewhat unsatisfying."

Annabelle

"it was like meh"

cararemy

"Haruki Mirakami brings this coming of age story to life. John Chances is the narrator and a incredible at making each character come to life. While the story goes on somehow you personally become friends with the characters. It’s a easy, yet painful coming of age story not one that will be easily forgotten. It’s quite a long listen, but I promise you that you will not regret it. Norwegian Wood is a novel translated from the original Japanese, and like many of his books it’s amazing. "

Vendetta Goodman

"A++ on the melancholy "

Raveena Berde

"The most beautifully written slice of life book. It sad, raw but overall positively moving."

Whatever Lol

"Anything by haruki murakami is absolutely stunning."

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"حدود ۸ ماه از خوندن این کتاب میگذره و من هنوز هم هر روز به این کتاب فکر میکنم، الان که یهویی از پلی لیست فوق طویلم داشتم Norwegian wood از the beatles رو گوش میدادم، حس کردم یه آهن ربای قوی دوباره من رو کشوند به تیر ماه و وسطای اسباب کشی که من داشتم این کتاب میخوندم، نمیدونم موراکامی تو این کتاب با من چه کرد، با این که همچنان از نوع قلم شخصیت های زنش خوشم نمیاد ولی واقعا انگار تو این کتاب گیر کردم:)"

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Reyhan Smith

"Holy misogyny, this book is chock full of manic pixie dream girls. It’s such an obvious male author wish fulfillment fantasy it’s actually insane that it’s regarded as such a cult classic. The male lead was so uninteresting and yet every single girl was head over heels for him. Not to mention, the fetishization of lesbians, pedophilia, and low key mental illness??? idk not for me"