Interpretation of "Norwegian Wood" by Haruki Murakami

Introduction

This is a touching, gentle, elegant and slightly sentimental love novel.

The protagonist Watanabe in the novel unfolds the love entanglement between him and two girls in the first person. Watanabe's first love, Naoko, was originally the girlfriend of his high school classmate Kizuki, who later committed suicide. A year later, Watanabe and Naoko met by chance and started dating. At this time, Naoko had become quiet and shy, with an elusive shadow flashing through her beautiful crystal eyes from time to time.

The two of them just walked aimlessly in front of, behind or side by side on the streets of Tokyo where the leaves were falling day after day. The two had sex on the night of Naoko's 20th birthday, but Naoko disappeared the next day. A few months later, Naoko wrote to say that she was admitted to a mental sanatorium far away in the mountains. When Watanabe went to visit, he found that Naoko began to have the plumpness and beauty of a mature woman. Although the two were in the same room at night, Watanabe restrained himself and said before breaking up that he would always wait for Naoko.

Shortly after returning to school, due to a chance encounter, Watanabe began to date Midori, who was in the lower grade. Midori is the complete opposite of the introverted Naoko, "just like a deer jumping into the world in the spring morning light." During this period, Watanabe felt very depressed and hesitant. On the one hand, I can't forget Naoko's lingering illness and tenderness, on the other hand, I can't resist Midoriko's bold confession and charming vitality.

Soon the bad news came that Naoko had committed suicide, and Watanabe walked around in despair. Finally, with the encouragement of Naoko's roommate Reiko, she began to explore her future life.

About the author:

Haruki Murakami (1949- ), Japanese novelist. Studied in the Department of Drama, Faculty of Letters, Waseda University. In 1979, after his first novel "Hearing the Song of the Wind" came out, it was adapted into the screen. Subsequently, his outstanding works "Pinball in 1973", "Sheep Hunting Adventures", "Norwegian Wood", etc. were published one after another.

His creations are not bound by tradition, with novel ideas and free and easy writing without being vulgar and superficial. It is especially distinctive in depicting people's loneliness and helplessness. He did not write this emotion as a negative thing, but sublimated it into an elegant style and a state of enjoyment through inner mental operations. In this way, it provides readers, especially people living in cities, with a life model or life experience.

What you will get:

1. Feel the uniqueness of this classic youth novel

2. Experience the reality of life through the novel

< p> 3. Listen to the echo of your own soul from other people’s stories