Norwegian wood / Haruki Murakami ; translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin.
By: Murakami, Haruki [author.].
Contributor(s): Rubin, Jay [translator.].
Material type: BookPublisher: New York : Vintage International, a division of Random House, Inc., [2012]Copyright date: ©2000Edition: [Movie tie-in ed.].Description: 296 pages ; 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780307950628; 030795062X.Uniform titles: Noruwei no mori. English Subject(s): College students -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Fiction | Tokyo (Japan) -- FictionGenre/Form: Bildungsromans.Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Sample text Summary: "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"--P. [4] of cover.Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due |
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Fiction | Indian Institute of Management Udaipur C10/3 | Fiction | 895.635 MH (Browse shelf) | 1 | Checked out | 10/19/2024 |
"Originally published in Japan in two volumes as Noruwei no mori by Kodansha Ltd. in 1987"--T.p. verso.
Includes translator's note (p. 295-296).
"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"--P. [4] of cover.
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