Norwegian Wood

Name: Norwegian Wood
Brand: Vintage Publishing
SKU: 9781784877996
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the classic Japanese love-story, now in a deluxe gift edition

By Haruki Murakami

Series: Murakami Collectible Classics

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( 640,823 ratings, 49,461 reviews)

Summary

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami follows Toru Watanabe, a college student in 1960s Tokyo, as he navigates love, loss, and friendship. Encountering two very different women, he is drawn into their complex worlds and must confront his own emotions and past traumas. The novel explores themes of memory, melancholy, and the passage of time.
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Format: Hardback

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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate deep, melancholic stories about love, loss, and coming of age. It's perfect for those who are drawn to introspective narratives and beautifully written prose that captures the essence of human emotion and memory.

Norwegian Wood

Korean new edition of Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami, a coming of age story of a quiet young man and his love doomed by a tragic lose. An acclaimed bestseller. In Korean. Annotation copyright Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

Description

This special hardback edition of Haruki Murakami's iconic classic Norwegian Wood is a beautifully packaged gem, now accompanied by a new introduction from the author himself. The publication celebrates the forthcoming release of Novelist as a Vocation and invites readers to revisit, or discover for the first time, Murakami's breakout hit.

Norwegian Wood delves deeply into the memories of Toru Watanabe, who is transported back nearly twenty years upon hearing his favourite Beatles song. The narrative takes us to his student days in Tokyo, a time marked by uneasy friendships, casual sexual encounters, passion, profound loss, and a yearning for meaning.

Toru's recollections centre on his first love, Naoko, who was also the girlfriend of his best friend, Kizuki. As he grapples with the haunting shadows of his past, an impetuous and free-spirited young woman named Midori strides into his life, challenging him to choose between the secure yet sorrowful comfort of his memories and the uncertain promise of the future.

Murakami's evocative storytelling encapsulates the emotional turmoil and existential musings of youth, bringing to life a world filled with desire and disorientation. His narrative intertwines a profound sense of melancholy with moments of levity, creating a poignant yet entertaining journey that resonates deeply with readers.

As described by Time Out, Norwegian Wood is "evocative, entertaining, sexy and funny; but then Murakami is one of the best writers around."

This hardback edition is not just a collector's item but a testament to Murakami's enduring influence in the literary world, offering both new and long-time fans a chance to experience the novel in a fresh, beautifully crafted form.

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Norwegian Wood is often compared to The Catcher in the Rye and resonates with themes of love, loss, and adolescence. The book is praised for its emotional depth, playful yet melancholy tone, and its ability to engage readers with its richly detailed storytelling. Critics highlight Murakami's genius in weaving a heart-stoppingly moving, evocative narrative that's both sexy and funny.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781784877996

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 04 August 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage Classics

Contributors:

Introduction by Haruki Murakami

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 55.0mm

Width: 145.0mm

Height: 225.0mm

Weight: 512g

Pages: 416

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Fiction General Fiction Haruki Murakami Literary Fiction Series: Murakami Collectible Classics

About the Author

Haruki Murakami (Author, Introducer) In 1978, Haruki Murakami was twenty-nine and running a jazz bar in downtown Tokyo. One April day, the impulse to write a novel came to him suddenly while watching a baseball game. That first novel, Hear the Wind Sing, won a new writers' award and was published the following year. More followed, including A Wild Sheep Chase and Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, but it was Norwegian Wood, published in 1987, that turned Murakami from a writer into a phenomenon. In works such as The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, 1Q84, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running and Men Without Women, Murakami's distinctive blend of the mysterious and the everyday, of melancholy and humour, continues to enchant readers, ensuring his place as one of the world's most acclaimed and well-loved writers.