Norwegian Wood (novel)

Norwegian Wood (ノルウェイの森 Noruwei no Mori) is a 1987 novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami.[1] The novel is a nostalgic story of loss and burgeoning sexuality.[2] It is told from the first-person perspective of Toru Watanabe, who looks back on his days as a college student living in Tokyo.[3] Through Watanabe’s reminiscences we see him develop relationships with two very different women — the beautiful yet emotionally troubled Naoko, and the outgoing, lively Midori.[4]

Norwegian Wood
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First English-language edition

Author Haruki Murakami
Original title Noruwei no Mori
ノルウェイの森
Translator Alfred Birnbaum
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Genre Coming of age novel
Publisher Kodansha

Publication date

1987

Published in English

2000
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 296 (US Paperback)
400 (UK Paperback)
ISBN 0-375-70402-7 (US edition)
ISBN 0-09-944882-3 (UK edition)

ISBN 4-06-203516-2 (JP edition)

OCLC 42692182

Dewey Decimal

895.6/35 21
LC Class PL856.U673 N6713 2000

The novel is set in Tokyo during the late 1960s, at a time when Japanese students, like those of many other nations, were protesting against the established order.[5] While it serves as the backdrop against which the events of the novel unfold, Murakami (through the eyes of Watanabe and Midori) portrays the student movement as largely weak-willed and hypocritical.

Murakami adapted the first section of the novel from an earlier short story, “Firefly”. The story was subsequently included in the collection Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman.[6]

Norwegian Wood was hugely popular with Japanese youth and made Murakami something of a superstar in his native country (apparently much to his dismay at the time).[7][8]

film adaptation of the same name was released in 2010, directed by Tran Anh Hung.

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Norwegian Wood (novel) was last modified: January 6th, 2018 by Jovan Stosic