WULOLIFE
Norwegian Wood Author: [Japanese] Haruki Murakami Publisher: Shanghai Translation Publishing House
Norwegian Wood Author: [Japanese] Haruki Murakami Publisher: Shanghai Translation Publishing House
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Introduction · · · · · ·
This is a touching, gentle, elegant, and slightly sentimental love story. The protagonist of the novel, Watanabe, tells his love entanglement with two girls in the first person. Watanabe's first lover, Naoko, was originally the girlfriend of his good high school classmate Kizuki, who later committed suicide. A year later, Watanabe met Naoko unexpectedly and began to date her. At this time, Naoko had become quiet and shy, and a trace of elusive shadow flashed across her beautiful and crystal eyes from time to time. The two of them just walked aimlessly, one after another, or side by side, day after day on the streets of Tokyo where leaves were falling. On the night of Naoko's 20th birthday, the two had sex, but Naoko disappeared the next day. A few months later, Naoko wrote to say that she was living in a mental sanatorium far away in the mountains. When Watanabe went to visit her, he found that Naoko began to have the plumpness and beauty of a mature woman. Although the two were in the same room at night, Watanabe restrained himself and said before breaking up that he would always wait for Naoko. Soon after returning to school, Watanabe started dating a junior named Midori due to an accidental encounter. Midori was the exact opposite of the introverted Naoko, "just like a little deer jumping into the world in the morning light of spring". During this period, Watanabe was very depressed and confused. On the one hand, he couldn't forget Naoko's lingering illness and tenderness, and on the other hand, he couldn't resist Midori's bold confession and charming vitality. Soon, the sad news of Naoko's suicide came, and Watanabe was lost and walked around. Finally, with the encouragement of Naoko's roommate Reiko, he began to explore his future life.
About the Author · · · · · ·
Haruki Murakami (1949- ) is a Japanese novelist. He studied at the Department of Drama, Faculty of Literature, Waseda University. In 1979, his first novel, "Hearing the Wind Song", was adapted into a film. Subsequently, his excellent works such as "Pinball in 1973", "A Sheep Chase", and "Norwegian Wood" were published one after another. His creations are not bound by tradition, with novel ideas and free and easy writing, but not vulgar and shallow. Especially in the portrayal of people's loneliness and helplessness, he has more characteristics. He did not write this emotion as a negative thing, but sublimated it into an elegant style and a state of enjoyment through inner mental operations, so as to provide readers, especially those living in cities, with a lifestyle or life experience.
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