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Name: Norwegian Wood
Rating: 3.887850467289 (107 reviews)
Author: 村上春樹

Toru Watanabe finds himself transported back to his youth in late‑1960s Tokyo when an old Beatles song plays during a European flight. He is reminded of the emotional turmoil that followed the suicide of his best friend Kizuki, the fragile Naoko—his former romantic partner—and how his relationships grew complicated at university with the arrival of Midori, a lively young woman. Toru wrestles with the fragile connections between identity, love, death, and intellectual discovery, and seeks balance in a world that seems both captivating and perplexing.

First publish date: 1987

Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance

Authors: 村上春樹

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