A special movie-tie in edition for the long-awaited film release based on this beloved novel by Haruki Murakami: the story of one college student's romantic coming-of-age, a journey to that distant place of a young man's first, hopeless, and heroic love. 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.

Norwegian Wood

Literature & Fiction

Haruki, Murakami

Jay Rubin

Contemporary

Vintage

Great Japanese Stories: 10 Parallel Texts

Genre Fiction

Penguin Classics

Presents answers to the nagging questions of basic Japanese handled with a light touch and humour. Formerly published as "Gone Fishin'", this text includes a new chapter on upside-down sentences. The Power Japanese series presents a selection of guides to difficult or confusing aspects of the Japanese language. The student can find a quick reference to particles, a guide to the myriad levels of politeness, books of idioms, vocabulary builders, emotive expressions and turns of speech - all with natural examples.

Making Sense of Japanese : What the Textbooks Don't Tell You

Classics

Kodansha Amer Inc

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