Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami [BOOK REVIEW]
TITLE: Norwegian Wood AUTHOR: Haruki Murakami PUBLISHER: VINTAGE YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 1987 CE SUMMARY: When he hears her favorite Beatles song, Toru Watanabe recalls his first love Naoko, girlfriend of his best friend Kizuki. Immediately he is transported back almost twenty years to his student days in Tokyo, adrift in the world of uneasy friendships, casual sex, passion, loss and desire - to a time when an impetuous young woman called Midori marched into his life and he had to choose between the future and the past. FAVORITE QUOTE: "What happens when people open their hearts?" "They get better." REVIEW: How does it feel to be struck in dilemma of choosing between moving on to a happy present or holding on to the hurting past? How does it feel to love a girl with all your heart who doesn't love you back? Toru Watanabe was in a flight when the sweet music of her favorite song, Norwegian Wood by The Beatles reaches ...