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Title: Norwegian Wood (Vintage International Original) by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin ISBN: 0-375-70402-7 Publisher: Vintage Books Pub. Date: 12 September, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.61
Rating: 3
Summary: Very convincing characters,deeply insightful perspective
Comment: 37-year-old businessman Watanabe recalls his days as an 'ordinary' University student in the 70s and Norwegian Wood is his story.Through his narrating,the reader knows very convincing characters like Naoko (his beloved,ethereal gal whose importance I believe is pivotal as a deceptively simple romance for readers looking for a poignant 'love story'),very charming Reiko(who also has her strange,tantalising story to tell) and fickle,sensitive and frank Midori who, genuinely loves Watanabe.
Norwegian Wood surely deserves more than three stars for the author's deeply insightful perspective for all characters,including the lonely,young one-night-stander Watanabe.Obviously,the characters are so true-to-life that they could be strangers standing beside you,young adults reading Thomas Mann at a cafe or chatting in the pub with jazz buzzing around,or somebody playing piano in the restaurant you are sitting in.
Yet,from the author's pen,every character is bestowed a kind of tenderness ,sympathy and helplessness with their plights.Trust your intuition,the characters have no way out although they've tried their best like you and I.
The reason why I give it a three-star is the book doesn't give me what some reviewers have felt upon finishing.While admiring the author's sharp portraits of the characters(in fact,its so good that it doesn't feel you are reading Fiction at all!),as a reader I would have expected a louder,more engaging if not all- fair voice in a novel,instead of a blander,quieter piece like Norwegian Wood that reads deceptively like some popular pulps.
Rating: 5
Summary: I can only shake my head over this great book
Comment: What a book. My advice is to start early in the day, and preferably not on a work night. The book just can't be put down; I read it in one sitting! Murakami is a gifted story teller, even now I feel like I read it just yesterday. Like the other reviewers I am sure I will revisit this again in the future.
Rating: 5
Summary: Turning into an adult
Comment: Very nice book. It tells, in a very delicate and sensitive way, the story of a Young japanese boy getting out of his teens and going into adulthood. Life is hard, it is very tough to assume responsibilities and to measure one's reach towards other people. Although there is not very uncommon about this boy's life, it is also very unique in the sense that all his emotions and experiences are his own and no one else's. Not very different from ourselves, anywhere in the world. This book is full of common life day to day poetry. Highly recommended.
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Title: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin ISBN: 0679775439 Publisher: Vintage Books Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami ISBN: 0679767398 Publisher: Vintage Books Pub. Date: 14 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel (Vintage International) by Haruki Murakami, Alfred Birnbaum ISBN: 0679743464 Publisher: Vintage Books Pub. Date: March, 1993 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami, Alfred Birnbaum ISBN: 037571894X Publisher: Vintage Books Pub. Date: 09 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Sputnik Sweetheart: A Novel by Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel, J. Philip Gabriel ISBN: 0375726055 Publisher: Vintage Books Pub. Date: 09 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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