Norwegian wood
"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 inde…
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- Full title :Norwegian wood / Haruki Murakami ; translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin.
Summary
"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."--Back cover.
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- Publication Date:©2000
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Vintage International
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2000
Notes
"Originally published in Japan in two volumes as Noruwei no mori by Kodansha Ltd. in 1987"--Title page verso.
The Physical Object
- Description:296 pages ; : 21 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0375704027, 9780375704024, 9780307950628, 030795062X, 0329842420, 9780329842420
- oclc:ocm42692182
- LC Classification:PL856.U673
- Dewey Decimal:895.6/35
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