num_pages: 600
description: A special movie-tie in edition for the long-awaited film release based on this beloved novel by Haruki the story of one college student's romantic coming-of-age, a journey to that distant place of a young man's first, hopeless, and heroic love.Toru, a quiet and preternaturally serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young woman, but their mutual passion is marked by the tragic death of their best friend years before.  Toru begins to adapt to campus life and the loneliness and isolation he faces there, but Naoko finds the pressures and responsibilities of life unbearable.  As she retreats further into her own world, Toru finds himself reaching out to others and drawn to a fiercely independent and sexually liberated young woman.
language: English
title: Norwegian Wood
titlecomplete: Norwegian Wood
characters: Midori Kobayashi, Naoko, Nagasawa, Toru Watanabe, Reiko Ishida
genres: Japanese Literature, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Japan, Classics, Romance, Fiction, Contemporary, Magical Realism
ratings_count: 563994
places: Japan, Tokyo
publisher: Harvill Press