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Norwegian Wood

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O romance que confirmou Haruki Murakami como um dos mais talentosos autores da ficção contemporânea.
Um avião prepara-se para aterrar no aeroporto de Frankfurt. Aos ouvidos de Tōru Watanabe chegam os acordes de «Norwegian Wood», a famosa canção dos Beatles. O mítico tema dos Beatles tem o condão de transportar este executivo de 38 anos aos tempos da juventude, vividos na turbulenta Tóquio em finais dos anos sessenta.Saído da casa dos pais com dezoito anos e deixando para trás a pacatez de província e o velho Toyota Corolla da família, Tōru chega à capital japonesa a fim de estudar teatro na universidade instalando-se uma residência estudantil só para rapazes. Filho único e solitário por natureza, passa o tempo a ler O Grande Gatsby e a estudar atentamente os colegas e as pessoas que o rodeiam. Um belo dia, o narrador reencontra um rosto de passado: Naoko, antiga namorada do seu grande amigo de adolescência, Kizuki, antes de este cometer suicídio na flor da idade, depois de vencer um jogo de snooker. Marcados por essa tragédia em comum, os dois começam a dar longos passeios e constroem uma relação delicada na qual a fragilidade psicológica de Naoko se torna cada vez mais evidente culminando com o seu internamento na casa de repouso, onde conhecem Reiko, uma mulher madura com rugas a condizer e um passado trágico. Por esses dias, Watanabe trava ainda conhecimento com Midori: estudante de teatro como ele, símbolo da mulher moderna, lutadora... e dona de uma livraria à moda antiga. Isto sem esquecer a figura impagável de Facho, colega de quarto que faz ginástica matinal ao som do hino e se masturba a olhar para a Ponte de São Francisco. Qual das figuras femininas conquistará o coração do protagonista, que continua a bater desalmadamente?Norwegian Wood tem sido comparado ao romance À Espera no Centeio, de J.D. Salinger.
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    • Publisher's Weekly

      September 11, 2000
      In a complete stylistic departure from his mysterious and surreal novels (The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle; A Wild Sheep Chase) that show the influences of Salinger, Fitzgerald and Tom Robbins, Murakami tells a bittersweet coming-of-age story, reminiscent of J.R. Salamanca's classic 1964 novel, Lilith--the tale of a young man's involvement with a schizophrenic girl. A successful, 37-year-old businessman, Toru Watanabe, hears a version of the Beatles' Norwegian Wood, and the music transports him back 18 years to his college days. His best friend, Kizuki, inexplicably commits suicide, after which Toru becomes first enamored, then involved with Kizuki's girlfriend, Naoko. But Naoko is a very troubled young woman; her brilliant older sister has also committed suicide, and though sweet and desperate for happiness, she often becomes untethered. She eventually enters a convalescent home for disturbed people, and when Toru visits her, he meets her roommate, an older musician named Reiko, who's had a long history of mental instability. The three become fast friends. Toru makes a commitment to Naoko, but back at college he encounters Midori, a vibrant, outgoing young woman. As he falls in love with her, Toru realizes he cannot continue his relationship with Naoko, whose sanity is fast deteriorating. Though the solution to his problem comes too easily, Murakami tells a subtle, charming, profound and very sexy story of young love bound for tragedy. Published in Japan in 1987, this novel proved a wild success there, selling four million copies.

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