Norwegian Wood (novel)

Norwegian Wood (ノルウェーの森 Noruwei no mori) is a 1987 novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami.

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1987 - Novel - Japan - Haruki Murakami

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The novel is a nostalgic story of loss and sexual coming-of-age. The novel?s protagonist and narrator, average university student Toru Wanatabe, encounters several sexually liberated young people, most prominently the emotionally unstable Naoko and the blunt and outgoing Midori.

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Nostalgic - Coming-of-age

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The novel is set in the late 1960s, in which Japanese youth, like those of many other nations, began openly revolting against the establishment. Murakami depicts these social activists as mostly hypocritical and weak-willed.

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1960s - Hypocritical

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The novel was hugely popular with Japanese youth and made Murakami a superstar in his native country, much to his dismay. It is also one of most read Japanese novels in the Western Hemisphere.

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Japan - Japanese novels - Western Hemisphere

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