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Norwegian Wood
- Narrated by: John Chancer
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 09-03-13
- Language: English
- Publisher: Random House Audio
- Whispersync for Voice-ready
Regular price: $31.50
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Publisher's Summary
Stunning and elegiac, Norwegian Wood first propelled Haruki Murakami into the forefront of the literary scene.
Toru, a 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. As Naoko retreats further into her own world, Toru finds himself drawn to a fiercely independent and sexually liberated young woman.
A magnificent coming-of-age story steeped in nostalgia, Norwegian Wood blends the music, the mood, and the ethos that were the '60s with a young man’s hopeless and heroic first love.
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- Douglas
- 02-18-16
A Beautiful, Wistful...
tale of love and strained devotions not nearly as popular as it should be. Quiet, lyrical, subdued, this novel draws you into the world of the agonies and joys of loving. Simply a great read.
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- Kelly McCarty
- 10-30-15
Sorry, but I didn't like the narrator.
The narrator's female voice was annoying. Also, he missed the correct inflection at times. I wish I would've read this book instead of listen. With Murakami's books, I will read instead, I'll listen to more mainstream authors on Audible.
13 of 14 people found this review helpful
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- ZiggyZ
- 07-12-15
Narrator: no clue how to pronounce Japanese names
I have enjoyed every other Murakami novel I've read. I'm not quite sure where this one was going, but basically I couldn't stand the narration. It was so wrong, including the fact that he had no clue whatsoever how to pronounce the Japanese names and that was so distracting.
Pronouncing Japanese words is really not difficult, and surely he could have learned or else they could have used a different narrator.
This one is going back, unfortunately.
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- A. Bowler
- 06-20-16
Good and compelling in places but slow.
I liked it but didn't love it. A great audio performance and an interesting story. But despite some moving parts the story is slow and a tad dull.
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- Greg Burtchard
- 11-11-15
Not up to usually high Murakami standards
Poorly read. Improper pronunciation of Japanese names. Inappropriate inflection. Glacially slowly developed plot. I expected much more of Murakami. I'm quite disappointed.
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- Coffee Anon
- 10-30-16
great book, and great reading
this is very dfferent from other murakami novels, there's not so much imagination and absurdness to it but the concreteness of it is nice. still I feel it compliments murakamis other work quite well. would recommend to anyone interested in his work.
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- Leigh
- 04-04-15
To others readers out there
To truly understand and enjoy this book knowing about the post war writings of Japan, existentialism, and Sartre would help. The writing is beautiful but the plot can be confusing at times because it focuses on the philosophy and post war styling. Still it's a good read.
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- William Magoolaghan
- 04-06-16
Just Awful, and I'm a huge Murakami fan
What disappointed you about Norwegian Wood?
If this was the first Murakami novel I had ever read, I would never have read anything else he had written. This was clearly written before Murakami figured out his writing style, because this lacks both the amazing storytelling and wonderful prose in his later work.
What was most disappointing about Haruki Murakami’s story?
Whereas Kafka on the Shore & the Windup Bird Chronicle sucked you in and played with your soul, this novel was droll at best. I think I spent the entire novel waiting for a sparkling line of prose or one interesting thing done by any of the characters. Didn't happen.
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of John Chancer?
Someone who was sounded 19. Having someone who sounds as old as ... me ... reading a book about teenage angst (is that was it was about?) ... is just ... inappropriate.
What character would you cut from Norwegian Wood?
All of them. Sorry. It was awful.
Any additional comments?
If anyone understands the ending, please write to explain it. Thanks.
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- Darwin8u
- Mesa, AZ, United States
- 10-13-18
This Bird Has Flown
I'm a little conflicted about 'Norwegian Wood.' I love Murakami and I think I get what Murakami was trying to say (at least partially) in this novel. I was just a little too bored and too disinterested to find myself caring about the novel. I finished it, just to have finished it, and kinda felt that Murakami might have felt the same way after writing it. By the end, I was almost begging for some Japanese 'Deus ex Machina' to suddenly appear and rescue me from the plastic bag-like suffocation of the life and death narrative. Ugh.
That all said, perhaps it really is me and not you with this one Murakami.
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-07-18
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