Book Review: Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

👀 First impressions:Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami is a quiet, introspective novel that feels very different from his more surreal works. Inspired in part by the Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) by The Beatles, the story follows Toru Watanabe as he looks back on his youth in 1960s Tokyo, a time shaped by love, loss, and emotional uncertainty. From the beginning, there is a strong sense of nostalgia and melancholy. The novel opens with Toru hearing the song that gives the […]

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