TY - BOOK AU - Murakami, Haruki, AU - Rubin, Jay, TI - Norweigan wood SN - 978-0-307-74466-1 AV - PL 856 M87 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - United States of America PB - Vintage Books KW - COLLEGE STUDENTS KW - JAPAN TOKYO FICTION KW - LOVE STORIES N1 - includes translator's note N2 - "Toru, a quiet and preternaturally 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. Toru begins to adapt to campus life and the loneliness and isolation he faces there, but Naoko finds the pressures and responsibilities of life unbearable. As she retreats further into her own world, Toru finds himself reaching out to others and drawn to a fiercely independent and sexually liberated young woman"-- ER -