3 Review(s)

Norwegian Wood is a Japanese romance novel by Haruki Murakami. Summary of the Book Toru and Naoku are in love with one another. However, their feelings for each other and their passion are hindered by their memories of their deceased best friend. Toru begins adapting to his college, but Naoku begins to feel the pressure of life, crumbling under it. She withdraws into her own world, and Toru begins to reach out to others and discovers a woman who is both fiercely independent and sexually liberated. About Haruki Murakami Haruki Murakami is a Japanese novelist, best known for writing 1Q84, A Wild Sheep Chase and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. Murakami-san won the Yomiuri Literary Award for this title from the well-known critic Kenzaburo Oe.