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In 1987, when Norwegian Wood was first published in Japan, it promptly sold more than 4 million copies and transformed Haruki Murakami into a pop-culture icon. The horrified author fled his native land for Europe and the United States, returning only in 1995, by which time the celebrity spotlight had found some fresher targets. And now he's finally authorized a translation for the English-speaking audience, turning to the estimable Jay Rubin, who did a fine job with his big-canvas production The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. Readers of Murakami's later work will discover an affecting if atypical novel, and while the author himself has denied the book's autobiographical import--"If I had simply written the literal truth of my own life, the novel would have been no more than fifteen pages long"--it's hard not to read as at least a partial portrait of the artist as a young man.
Norwegian Wood is a simple coming-of-age tale, primarily set in 1969-70, when the author was attending university. The political upheavals and student strikes of the period form the novel's backdrop. But the focus here is the young Watanabe's love affairs, and the pain and pleasure and attendant losses of growing up. The collapse of a romance (and this is one among many!) leaves him in a metaphysical shambles:
I read Naoko's letter again and again, and each time I read it I would be filled with the same unbearable sadness I used to feel whenever Naoko stared into my eyes. I had no way to deal with it, no place I could take it to or hide it away. Like the wind passing over my body, it had neither shape nor weight, nor could I wrap myself in it.This account of a young man's sentimental education sometimes reads like a cross between Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar and Stephen Vizinczey's In Praise of Older Women. It is less complex and perhaps ultimately less satisfying than Murakami's other, more allegorical work. Still, Norwegian Wood captures the huge expectation of youth--and of this particular time in history--for the future and for the place of love in it. It is also a work saturated with sadness, an emotion that can sometimes cripple a novel but which here merely underscores its youthful poignancy. --Mark Thwaite
From Publishers Weekly
In a complete stylistic departure from his mysterious and surreal novels (The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle; A Wild Sheep Chase) that show the influences of Salinger, Fitzgerald and Tom Robbins, Murakami tells a bittersweet coming-of-age story, reminiscent of J.R. Salamanca's classic 1964 novel, LilithAthe tale of a young man's involvement with a schizophrenic girl. A successful, 37-year-old businessman, Toru Watanabe, hears a version of the Beatles' Norwegian Wood, and the music transports him back 18 years to his college days. His best friend, Kizuki, inexplicably commits suicide, after which Toru becomes first enamored, then involved with Kizuki's girlfriend, Naoko. But Naoko is a very troubled young woman; her brilliant older sister has also committed suicide, and though sweet and desperate for happiness, she often becomes untethered. She eventually enters a convalescent home for disturbed people, and when Toru visits her, he meets her roommate, an older musician named Reiko, who's had a long history of mental instability. The three become fast friends. Toru makes a commitment to Naoko, but back at college he encounters Midori, a vibrant, outgoing young woman. As he falls in love with her, Toru realizes he cannot continue his relationship with Naoko, whose sanity is fast deteriorating. Though the solution to his problem comes too easily, Murakami tells a subtle, charming, profound and very sexy story of young love bound for tragedy. Published in Japan in 1987, this novel proved a wild success there, selling four million copies. (Sept.)
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Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Le premier roman de haruki Murakami,
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Qui n'est plus imprime en France et viens a peine d'etre ressorti aux USA - Norwegian Woods (la ballade de l'impossible?) est un bijou, l'histoire d'un premier amour a la sauce Murakami, un peu fantastique, toujours tres pensif. Nous sommes dans les annees 80, et Toru Watanabe repense a son premier amour, Naoko, 10 ans plus tot. L'histoire est simple, et en meme temps profondement marquante - Ce premier roman propulsa Haruki Murakami a la tete des romanciers de la nouvelle generation Japonaise, ouvrant la porte a toute une serie de livres plus extraordinaires les uns que les autres. Aidez d'autres clients à trouver les commentaires les plus utiles
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Les débuts de Haruki Murakami,
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La manière douce pour commencer à se familiariser avec le style de Haruki Murakami. Le scénario peut sembler courant: une sinon deux histoires d'amour avec leurs envolées et leur complexité, qui viennent ponctuer une adolescence très voire trop normale. Toutefois, à travers ce qui est là l'un de ses premiers livres, Harumi Murakami commence à dévoiler tout son (extraordinaire) talent pour nous scotcher au livre. Au bout du compte, une très bonne mise en bouche pour se mettre en appétit avant les oeuvres les plus originales de Murakami (the wind-up bird chronicle..) Aidez d'autres clients à trouver les commentaires les plus utiles
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