Norwegian Wood

Twenty Revolutions The birthday I feared most was my 20th. For people older than me, the most significant birthday was their 21st. But when the age of legal adulthood was reduced to 18, turning 21 no longer had the same significance it once had. Before then, you could be conscripted into the armed force......more

Oh boy...Where to I even begin. Pros: The writing and storytelling are good. Cons: Every time I started to enjoy this book, the author made sure I didn’t. 1. The way the female characters would be compare to babies or kids during sexual scenes was a dealbreaker for me. She had the breast of a little gir......more

I once had a girl, or should I say, she once had me... She showed me her room, isn't it good, Norwegian wood? She asked me to stay and she told me to sit anywhere, So I looked around and I noticed there wasn't a chair. I sat on a rug, biding my time, drinking her wine We talked until two and then she......more

[Edited 1/31/23] This is a relatively early novel by this author, 1987. The book jacket tells us that this book booted him up from being a famous author to ‘superstar status.’ On GR it is one of his most highly-rated books. It’s also the only -- I’ll call it ‘straightforward’ -- novel of the seven or......more

Murakami divides his novel into two. There is the past and death. Then there is future and life. What road do you take? Seems like an easy question to answer. But what happens when you are in love with the past? And what happens when you so desperately want to save that past from such a death? Life b......more