by Haruki Murakami · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099554547
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«Norwegian Wood» is the novel by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, published by Vintage in paperback (400 pages, in English).
Hearing a Beatles song, Toru Watanabe recalls his student years in late-sixties Tokyo and his relationship with Naoko, the girlfriend of his deceased best friend, and with Midori, an outgoing young woman who bursts into his life. The novel deals with love, loss and desire, and the difficult balance between past and future.
English translation by Jay Rubin, originally published by Harvill in 2000; this Vintage edition is from 2010.
For readers of contemporary fiction seeking a story of love, memory and coming of age.
Haruki Murakami is a Japanese writer. His novels, essays, and short stories have been best-sellers in Japan and internationally, with his work translated into 50 languages and having sold millions of copies outside Japan. He has received numerous awards for his work, including the Gunzo Prize for New Writers, the World Fantasy Award, the Tanizaki Prize, Yomiuri Prize for Literature, the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, the Noma Literary Prize, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Kiriyama Prize for Fiction, the Goodreads Choice Awards for Best Fiction, the Jerusalem Prize, and the Princess of Asturias Awards.
