The setting is dark, cold, but there’s light even in the darkest of places. Death is a recurrent theme in this novel but with death, there’s rebirth.īe warned, this book is a far cry from a humorous read. Captivating right from the beginning, you’ll feel as if you’ve entered a dreamlike state while reading this novel (as with nearly every other Murakami story!).īehind every combination of words, there is warmth in the darkness, hope buried within the depression. Stunningly written, Norwegian Wood is a poignant coming-of-age story of a college student trying to grasp a tragedy while complicated romances ensue. Much has happened in Toru’s life and the journey beings when he reminisces about his life back in the 1960s-a time of civil and political unrest. Touching on an adolescent culture that ignores or hides death, along with hopeless and heroic love, Murakami sheds light on these themes through the eyes of 37-year-old Toru Watanabe. His novels are contemporary and deeply human with intrinsic characters whose lives we get to relive in our minds.Įach and every story by this acclaimed author transports the reader into a whimsical yet familiar alternate reality and the same goes for Norwegian Wood, which I think is the easiest of Murakami’s novels to read if you’re new to his work. It’s hard to fault anything by Haruki Murakami if you love his writing style.
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