Norwegian Woods

• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: The Harvill Press; New Ed edition (2001)
• ISBN-10: 1860468187
• ISBN-13: 978-1860468186
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 1.1 inches

This book is a little warped with many sexual references.

Apparently Murakami took a different approach in this book from his other books. There's a sense of wittyness in the little things, things that make one laugh or smile at the unexpected jokes pulled. But all these with a dull and pessimistic backdrop. It does seem that japanese authors have a dreary way of looking at life.

Norwegian Woods brings the reader through a life of a teenager turning adult encountering love and death. The content is not complicated but it can get rather confusing. Probably cultural difference play a huge role.

Never thought I would read such a book.