Norwegian Wood

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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 magnificent blending of the music, the mood, and the ethos that was the sixties with the story of one college student s romantic coming of age, Norwegian Wood brilliantly recaptures a young man s first, hopeless, and heroic love. Best Read Norwegian Wood [ author ] Haruki Murakami [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Twenty RevolutionsThe birthday I feared most was my 20th.For people older than me, the most significant birthday was their 21st.But when the age of legal adulthood was reduced to 18, turning 21 no longer had the same significance it once had.Before then, you could be conscripted into the armed forces at 18, but you could not drink alcohol until you turned 21 So, if you were old enough to die for your country, surely you were old enough to have a drink Either way, turning 20 for me meant that I Twenty RevolutionsThe birthday I feared most was my 20...How this book became one of Murakami s most famous and popular baffles me In fact, when asked about it in an interview, Murakami himself said that he was puzzled by its popularity and that it really isn t what he wants to be known for What can I say There s too little of the characters that do spark my interest and much too much of the depressive girlfriend and her kooky friend at the mental institution Also, the scenes which were supposed to be funny about his college roommate didn t How this book became one of Murakami s most famous and popular baffles me In fact, when asked about it in an interview, Murakami himself said that he was puzzled by its popularity and that it really isn t what he wants to be known for What can I say There s too little of the characters that do spark my interest and much too much of the depressive girlfriend and her kooky friend at the mental institution Also, the scenes which were supposed to be funny about his college roommate didn t interest me at all and ultimately struck me as dark and disturbing Perhaps this book resonated with so many people because view spoiler there were four suicides in it hide spoiler No, that can t be Murakami deals with depression muchthoughtfully and insightfully in The Wind Up Bird Chronicle The worst thing about this book s popularity is that it may be some readers introduction to Murakami, which ...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here Before I begin may it be known that this was not my first Murakami I read Kafka on the Shore and loved it I read Wind up Bird Chronicle and loved that too So I got to thinking that maybe I should read the book that made him famous, the book that everyone in Japan is said to have read, that compelled Murakami to flee the country to escape the media attention How disappointed I was when I finished Also, I wrote this on iPad so the punctuation and capitalisation is off I tried to fix all the Before I begin may it be known that this was not my first Murakami I read Kafka on the Shore and loved it I read Wind up Bird Chronicle and loved that too So I got to thinking that maybe I should read the book that made him famous, the book that everyone in Japan is said to have read, that compelled Murakami to flee the country to escape the media attention How disappointed I was when I finished Also, I wrote this on iPad so the punctuation and capitalisation is off I tried to fix all the auto correct but I may have missed a few.The characters in this book are all loathsome Toru Watanabe, the main character, is a self pitying man looking back on his days at university in Tokyo during the student riots in 1969 1970 when he supposedly fell in love He attempts to paint himself as a nice guy , deluded into believ...This is a relatively early novel by this author, 1987 The book jacket tells us that this book booted him up from being a famous author to superstar status On GR it is one of his most highly rated books It s also the only I ll call it straightforward novel of the five or so of his I have read There is no science fiction or magical realism No women in bars who may be ghosts, no hanging out in deep wells, no psychic cats, just a single moon We do have, as usual in Murakami, a cat, This is a relatively early novel by this author, 1987 The book jacket te... I once had a girl, or should I say, she once had me She showed me her room, isn t it good, Norwegian wood She asked me to stay and she told me to sit anywhere, So I looked around and I noticed there wasn t a chair I sat on a rug, biding my time, drinking her wine We talked until two and then she said, It s time for bed She told me she worked in the morning and started to laugh I told her I didn t and crawled off to sleep in the bathAnd when I awoke, I was alone, this bird had flown So I I once had a girl, or should I say, she once had me She showed me her room, isn t it good, Norwegian wood She asked me to stay and she told me to sit anywhere, So I looked around and I noticed there wasn t a chai...Murakami divides his novel into two There is the past and death Then there is future and life What road do you take Seems like an easy question to answer But what happens when you are in love with the past And what happens when you so desperately want to save that past from such a death Life becomes complicated and the prospect of the future feels like a brutal betrayal of one who is desperately clinging to you You are her anchor her only connection with reality And you love her How Murakami divides his novel into two There is the past and death Then there is future and life What road do you take Seems like an easy question to answer But what happens when you are in love with the past And what happens when you so desperately want to save that past from such a death Life becomes complicated and the prospect of the future feels like a brutal betrayal of one who is desperately clinging to you You are her anchor her only connection with reality And you love her How can you ever walk away Life is fickle, though true love isn t Sometimes we have to do the hard thing and let go even if it kills usThe dead will always be dead, but we have to go on livingSuch words are easier said than put into practice Sometimes the dead carry so much of ourselves that living without them...Great ending This sure was the saddest book I ve ever read Seems very dark and depressing, but the light comes out at the very end and you can see the sunshine through the clouds I ve never read a book like this and to be honest, I m not sure I ever want to read another one It just takes a piece of you and leaves you feeling a little empty I don t even know how to explain it It s like traveling up a mountainside on a dark gray day Yes, the beauty is still there, but you have to look for Great ending This sure was the saddest book I ve ever read Seems very dark and depressing, but the light comes out a...UGH This book bugged the hell out of me for a few reasons 1 There is a somewhat extended passage devoted to a lesbian encounter that wouldn t be so terrible in and of itself, as sex in general is a major topic BUT the novel as a whole leaned towards describing the physiological experience the woman were having and would brush over the mens again and again There would be like 5 paragraphs on the woman and then 1 sentence were it would say something along the lines of, she took me in her UGH This book bugged the hell out of me for a few reasons 1 There is a somewhat extended passage devoted to a lesbian encounter that wouldn t be so terrible in and of itself, as sex in general is a major topic BUT the novel as a whole leaned towards describing the physiological experience the woman were having and would brush over the mens again and again There would be like 5 paragraphs on the woman and then 1 sentence were it would say something along the lines of, she took me in her hand and I came.GIVE ME A BREAK It seemed like an exercise in writing hmmmm, what would it be like to write from the females perspectivethan a contributor factor to the story 2 The girls in this book were all needy, dysfunctional,...Noruwei no mori Norwegian wood 1987 , Haruki MurakamiNorwegian Wood Noruwei no Mori is a 1987 novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami A 37 year old Toru Watanabe has just arrived in Hamburg, Germany When he hears an orchestral cover of the Beatles song Norwegian Wood , he is suddenly overwhelmed by feelings of loss and nostalgia He thinks back to the 1960s, when so much happened that touched his life Watanabe, his classmate Kizuki, and Kizuki s girlfriend Naoko are the best Noruwei no mori Norwegian wood 1987 , Haruki MurakamiNorwegian Wood Noruwei no Mori is a 1987 novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami A 37 year old Toru Watanabe has just arrived in Hamburg, Germany When he hears an orchestral cover of the Beatles song Norwegian Wood , he is suddenly overwhelmed by feelings of loss and nostalgia He thinks back to the 1960s, when so much happened that touched his life Watanabe, his classmate Kizuki, and Kizuki s girlfriend Naoko are the best of friends Kizuki and Naoko are particularly close and feel as if they are soulmates, and Watanabe seemsthan happy to be their enforcer This id...If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinkingHaruki Murakami Norwegian WoodWOW what a terrific read Murakami s Norwegian Wood is I loved this book Even without the presence of talking cats, hollow earth monsters, and dimension shifting characters Norwegian Wood is still magical And we still get those Murakami flourishes of The Beatles obviously , references to THE GREAT GATSBY, a character or two with uniquely largeIf you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinkingHaruki Murakami Norwegian WoodWOW what a terrific read Murakami s Norwegian Wood is I loved this book Even without the presence of talking cats, hollow earth monsters, and dimension shifting characters Norwegian Wood is still magical And we still get those Murakami flourishes of The Beatles obviously , references to THE GREAT GATSBY, a character or two with uniquely large penises, and cats of the non talking variety RANDOM THOUGHT 1 How brilliant to build and structure an entire novel around two lines from a lyric I once had a girlOr should I say she once had meAfter re...

Norwegian Wood
  • English
  • 11 May 2019
  • Paperback
  • 296 pages
  • 0375704027
  • Haruki Murakami
  • Norwegian Wood