Norwegian Wood was probably one of the most strenuous reviews to write. At fifty five minutes and seven seconds after ten in the evening, on the 20th day of October 2015, I finished reading Murakami’s book and I swear, I was a one broken mess. So I lit a fire, isn’t it good, norwegian wood.” Photo credit: Īt eigth minutes and four seconds after eleven in the morning, on the 17th of October 2015, I started reading the most stunning and elegiac novel written by master storyteller who has sold over 4 million copies in Japan. She showed me her room, isn’t it good, norwegian wood?Īnd when I awoke, I was alone, this bird had flown “I once had a girl, or should I say, she once had me… 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.Ī 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. 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.

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. This 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. Publisher: Vintage (September 12, 2000).UNDER THE BOARDWALK ☺ 2 stars ARC blog awards book reviews book tags challenge Colleen Hoover contemporary dark david levithan debut authors Deeply moving did not like it disappointing dystopian eccentric emotional disease excerpt falling in love Fantasy favorite heartbreaking him horror inspirational john green kamalayan love and denial magical realism Mitch Albom mystery Netgalley Nicholas Sparks not my cup Patrick Ness poignant provocative quotes RainbowRowell realistic fiction recommended rereading material romance science fiction thriller Veronica Roth YA YA Paranormal young adult Goodreads Freeway Jam My Heart & Other Black Holes | Potential Energy Into Nothingness.ARC Review: Anything You Want by Geoff Herbach | Unplanned Pregnancy & Unrealistic Optimism.

Made You Up by Francesca Zappia | Angst Before Science.

The Coffee Book Tag | Caramel Macchiato & A Really Good Book.

2016-2017 Highly Anticipated YA & Middle Grade Releases!.

Goodreads norwegian wood