Norwegian Wood

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Summary: the best book
Review: I have read Norwegian Wood few years ago and I still take the book and turn the pages to enjoy its passages occationaly. The main character "Watanabe" gradually falls in love with his dead best friend's girl friend "Naoko" while having an awkaward time with her. Eventually, she suffers from some kind of mental problem and commites suicide. By the time, however, Watanabe is about to fall in love with another girl "Midori" seriously. Watanabe is the narrater of this story. He descrives complicated movements of his own emotions extreamly honestly insted of intense love affiars. He also pays close attention to slight, ordinary and realistic incidents around him calmly. All of those somewhat appeals to me very much. I have never read a book like this before. This story is little sad but somehow heals my heart a lot.

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Summary: A TEN-STAR NOVEL
Review: I COULD NEVER GUESS SO MANY PEOPLE MIGHT SHARE THE FEELINGS I EXPERIENCED WHEN READING IT. BUT SINCE I DISCOVERED IT IN 95 THIS IS THE BOOK I GIVE TO THE PEOPLE I LOVE DEARLY, A PRESENT OF FRIENDSHIP, AS WORTH AS NOT EVEN A GOLD RING COULD BE. MURAKAMI IS A MASTER OF PUPPETS, AND PULLS THE STRINGS OF PASSION AND EMOTION WITH MERCY AND COMPASSION FOR HUMANKIND. GREAT HARUKI, YOU ARE A GIFT OF GOD!

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Summary: I love the book
Review: This is first time for me to read one of mastarpieces written by Haruki Murakami. I'd heard rumor that said his Norwegian Wood was really something, but I always passed until one day I happened to pick them up in a book shop. The books tell me that every youth has unsteady mind which they can not control by themselves, though, they seem to live as if trying to ignore their complications which never ever relieve them. I like the way the auther carries on the story not exaggeratedly, rather simply, so the atmosphere gets to me directly. Anytime I read the book, I can imagine warm guitar sounds which Reiko plays. And the sounds slightly lightens dark and complicated atmosphere, like a tiny dandelion blooming in the rain.

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Summary: A haunting tale of love...
Review: Murakami fans new and old rejoice and give your wallet and heart a break!! Norwegian Wood will be published for the US in the year 2000. This is confirmed in interviews and by the office of Murakami. The month is unkown but wait a little longer for this wonderful, wonderful tale brought to you by a genius. If you don't own this book when it comes out you better have a good excuse on judgement day!!

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Summary: An unforgettable love story
Review: I nearly had read most of Murakaml's books and I would say his best are the Norwegian Wood and the Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. In Norwegian Wood, here is a love story which is so realistic that the readers can identify themselves into the characters. Murakami's descriptions of ordinary people's life and together with their philosophical thoughts and conversations made it an unforgettabe journey into the sorrow and helpless of existence.

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Summary: Una lunga bellissima malinconia
Review: Questo romanzo è riuscito ad immergermi in una atmosfera irreale, ma allo stesso tempo estremamente palpabile che mi ha regalato sensazioni difficili da dimenticare. Il personaggio di Midori mi ha fatto innamorare mille e mille volte.

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Summary: Just wonderful
Review: I have never read a novel written Japanese. I could not stop reading this novel once I started. It kade me think about death and live well. It gives me the image of them.

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Summary: It's good, but give me a break!
Review: I love Murakami, and this is a good book. It is not, however, his best book. Not even close. I wonder if all these people are just trying to generate demand for when they auction off their copy on EBay, err, Amazon.

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Summary: Si vous ne pouvez le lire en anglais, essayez en français!
Review: Il est vraiment dommage que ce livre ne soit plus disponible en anglais. Il est extraordinaire à tout point de vue et fait partie de ces livres capables de modifier le cours de votre existence. Donc, si vous ne lisez pas le japonais et êtes capable de lire ceci, commendez: La Ballade de l'impossible. Je n'ai rien à y gagner, mais je trouve tellement dommage que ce livre ne soit pas réimprimé alors qu,il y a tant de scrap.

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Summary: one of the bests!
Review: This is one of the greatest stories Haruki Murakami have ever written. At first, the story seemed to be a little boring. but the more you read it, the more you get intrigued with the world of Haruki Murakami. The book deserves 10-time-reading! I often wonder why the book attracts me so much. I believe this is about a pure love story.