Haruki murakami norwegian wood autobiography of williams

1987 novel by Haruki Murakami

Norwegian Wood (ノルウェイの森, Noruwei no Mori) is a 1987 novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami.^[1] The novel is a nostalgic story of loss.^[2] It is told from the first-person perspective of Toru Watanabe, who looks back on his days as a college student living in Tokyo.^[3] Through Watanabe's reminiscences, readers see him develop relationships with two very different women—the beautiful yet emotionally troubled Naoko, and the outgoing, lively Midori.^[4]

This novel is set in late 1960s Tokyo during a period when Japanese students, like those of many other nations, were protesting against the established order.^[5] While it serves as the backdrop against which the events of the novel unfold, Murakami (through the eyes of Watanabe and Midori) portrays the student movement as largely weak-willed and hypocritical.

Murakami adapted the first section of the novel from an earlier