Book Review

Norwegian Wood By Haruki Murakami

"When he hears her favourite Beatles song, Toru Watanabe recalls his first love Naoko, the girlfriend of his best Friend Kizuki. Immediately he is transported back almost twenty years to his student days in Tokyo, adrift in a whild 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"

Picked up this book in Kinokuniya when I was searching for a book to read. Norwegian Wood was first written in 1987 by author Haruki Murakami and later translated to many different languages.

It's a simple love story, set in the early days. But reading the book I felt that it seems to be describing the modern times people live. Written like a flashback, Watanabe, describes about his college life, the friends he met and lost, Naoko and Midori. His world is in a confusion. Somewhat a loner but always a sincere guy. How he treats and cares for Naoko while she's in her dark times. And the meeting of a somewhat werid and straightforward girl, Midori where she just talks everything under the sun, loves to ask embarrassing question. So in the end, he searched for the answer to his heart. Overall it's a pretty interesting read on his interactions with the 2 girls.

Overall it's a good read. Will be picking up on his other book "Dance Dance Dance".