Japanese Novels by Author (Study Guide): Novels by Haruki Murakami, Novels by Hideyuki Kikuchi, Novels by Junichiro Tanizaki

This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Novels by Haruki Murakami, Novels by Hideyuki Kikuchi, Novels by Junichiro Tanizaki, Novels by Mur Saisei, Novels by Yasunari Kawabata, Norwegian Wood, the Sound of the Mountain, Naomi, Kafka on the Shore, the Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, 1q84, Snow Country, Some Prefer Nettles, Hi No Sakana, Dance Dance Dance, a Wind Named Amnesia, Demon City Shinjuku, Pinball, 1973, After Dark, the Makioka Sisters, Sputnik Sweetheart, the Master of Go, a Wild Sheep Chase, Hear the Wind Sing, Quicksand, South of the Border, West of the Sun, the Old Capital, Thousand Cranes, the Scarlet Gang of Asakusa, the Lake, Beauty and Sadness, One Arm, the House of the Sleeping Beauties, the Key. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Norwegian Wood Noruwei no Mori) is a 1987 novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. The novel is a nostalgic story of loss and sexuality. The story's protagonist and narrator is Toru Watanabe, who looks back on his days as a freshman university student living in Tokyo. Through Toru's reminiscences we see him develop relationships with two very different women the beautiful yet emotionally troubled Naoko, and the outgoing, lively Midori. The novel is set in Tokyo during the late 1960s, a time when Japanese students, like those of many other nations, were protesting against the established order. While it serves as the backdrop against which the events of the novel unfold, Murakami (through the eyes of Toru and Midori) portrays the student movement as largely weak-willed and hypocritical. Part of the novel was later published in the collection Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman under the title Firefly. Norwegian Wood was hugely popular with Japanese youth and made Murakami somewhat ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1173887