Immediately he is transported back almost twenty years to his student days in Tokyo, adrift in a world of uneasy friendships, casual sex, passion, loss and desire - to a time when an impetuous young woman called Midori marches into his life and he has to choose between the future and the past.
Norwegian Wood is Japan's The Catcher in the Rye Daily Telegraph
A masterly novel.... Norwegian Wood bears the unmistakable marks of Murakami s hand. The New York Times Book Review
Norwegian Wood ... not only points to but manifests the author s genius. Chicago Tribune
[A] treat ... Murakami captures the heartbeat of his generation and draws the reader in so completely you mourn when the story is done. The Baltimore Sun
Vintage Murakami [and] easily the most erotic of [his] novels. Los Angeles Times Book Review
Norwegian Wood ... not only points to but manifests the author s genius. Chicago Tribune
[A] treat ... Murakami captures the heartbeat of his generation and draws the reader in so completely you mourn when the story is done. The Baltimore Sun
Vintage Murakami [and] easily the most erotic of [his] novels. Los Angeles Times Book Review