Norwegian Wood

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.

Author: Haruki Murakami
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 09/12/2000
Series: Vintage International
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.5lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.17w x 0.68d
ISBN: 9780375704024


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 01/01/2000 pg. 911
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2000 pg. 911
Booklist 06/01/2000 pg. 1798
New York Times 09/24/2000 pg. 7
Library Journal 11/01/2000 pg. 136
New Yorker (The) 12/11/2000 pg. 124
Publishers Weekly 07/03/2000

About the Author
HARUKI MURAKAMI lives near Tokyo.

Newly translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin.