Norwegian Woods (2023 Revised Edition)
About This Novel
"There are people who like loneliness, but they don't like disappointment." Let readers around the world know Haruki Murakami's masterpiece, a 100% love novel. The so-called growth is nothing more than learning to live with loss. "Norwegian Wood" is Haruki Murakami's masterpiece and his fifth novel. It has influenced generations of young people and is known as "a demure, sad, and 100% touching love novel." The 37-year-old Toru Watanabe arrived at the Hamburg Airport in Germany by plane. The background music - "Norwegian Wood" by the Beatles - was played softly from the aircraft speakers, recalling the lost scenery of youth in Watanabe's memory 18 years ago... At that time, Watanabe was entangled between the emotionally sensitive and mentally fragile Naoko and the cheerful and lively Kobayashi Midori, who was as cheerful and lively as a spring bear. He was depressed and wandering, and embarked on a journey of self-growth and mutual redemption. The novel is permeated with Murakami's unique sentiments of sentimentality and loneliness, capturing the sentimental moods of thousands of boys and girls. The major Chinese publishers of Haruki Murakami's works and translator Lin Shaohua have joined hands to present a new revised edition of Haruki Murakami's long-running series. In terms of design, we cooperated with the internationally renowned illustrator NomaBar. The three colors of black, white and red depict the subtle blur in Murakami's works between the square and the circle, and the overall presentation is both simple and classic. In terms of content, a lot of revisions have been made around foreign words, restoring the details of the author's intentional emphasis in the original version. Lin Shaohua updated the prefaces of the translations of many works, and made slight adjustments to some of the tone and expressions in the translations. The chronology of Haruki Murakami has been updated to the latest, and a music list is attached at the end of each book.
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Official(23)Scraped 1mo ago
Watching it for the eighth time gives me new feelings every time.
Different experiences build different personalities
I just finished reading it and was jotting down my thoughts wherever I went. I am a layman, so although I am from the first perspective, it is difficult to take on the role. I feel that Watanabe is very unlucky. He treats people so sincerely and kindly, but the people he meets are not normal, and he almost becomes a victim of Kizuki and Naoko's love and spirit. It may be exaggerated in literary works. Japanese college students have a very casual attitude towards sex. They can pick up girls in any bar and sleep with them. However, this kind of thing may happen in every country and era, but I have never seen it before, so it is better not to experience this kind of promiscuous life. The author's writing is really delicate and touching, describing Midoriko's 100% willful wishes: after eating strawberry cream cake and not wanting to eat it, she hopes to throw it out of the window; after she writes about Midori's new hair style, she hopes Watanabe will find out the result but turns a blind eye and then writes a long letter to criticize her anxiously. I wrote about my huge conflicting emotions when I embraced Midoriko, who was full of vitality, and when I was thinking about my guilt and responsibility for Naoko. At the same time, it also formed a huge contrast and irony with Naoko's determination and indifference to burn all my letters and not leave any suicide note or news to me. I don't know if it's a misunderstanding. Although Naoko is described as gentle and demure, she is actually a colder and more selfish person than Nagazawa. She is crazily eating away at the warmth and truth in my body. Maybe this is a means of self-rescue for a dying person, but she is too cruel to me. She doesn't seem to have any sympathy or love for me, and she has never thought about how to properly deal with my emotions. If it weren't for Reiko's comfort and Midoriko's vitality (although I don't know if they were together), I might have made the same mistake again and gone insane. She wanted to pull me up and climb out, and I tried my best to hold her hand tightly, but she never thought (sincerely) that I might fall because of it.
Great work, life coach
If it is too late to wake up and apologize, then let parting teach us how to cherish and repent. There is no need to resolve the misunderstanding, we have really tried our best. In fact, my idea of loving you at that time was as solid as a rock, but that day you said something that hurt me, and I was no longer attached to you. I once naively thought that my love was indestructible, but it was defeated by a few words. We are always blocked by something, including you. You will never empathize with me. I can't change you, then I can only give up on you.
Very good, very good, very, very, not very good
To complain a little (originally the purpose was to see how long I read)
The first time I read this book was after I broke up with my first love (read the physical book) I was deeply touched when I saw the sentence in the book, "Naoko has never even loved me." The second time I read this book, after I reunited and broke up with my first love, I wanted to read something. It happened that I had almost forgotten the content of this book, so I saw the sentence "Naoko didn't even love me." Sad, sad, and in short, not happy. I continued reading and saw Nagazawa saying, "Only cowards and despicable people can sympathize with themselves." I felt even worse. A person should never become weak. It is always possible for a person to grow. I want to grow, and I am extremely eager to grow. I try to enrich my life, no longer stay at home, and go out for walks during holidays. When I see people, my energy will inevitably be consumed. What I see is not just people, but AT Fields (which can be understood as barriers between people). So my originally happy heart immediately became anxious and a little weak. I want to meet a cute girl like Midori and communicate with such a cute girl, and then I can become Toru Watanabe, but why, why should Midori communicate with me. "Not familiar, thank you." I can only wait, wait for someone to know me, wait for someone to get to know me. I also want to take the initiative, but people who take the initiative always have a purpose. People with a purpose will be hated? Will you be alerted? Maybe, in short, this is how I speculate about those people, those people have impure intentions. I can only wait, I hate waiting, but I always wait. Waiting for my mother to pick me up from school (once I waited 2 hours, usually very late) ... Waiting for my first love (when I was in my third year of junior high school, I waited for 15 years) Waiting for her to come back (I waited for 3 years and got back together in my freshman year) Now that she is gone, do I have to wait again, wait for her to come back, wait for another person to appear in my life...
"There is no one who likes to be alone, but they just don't like to be disappointed."
Life may be spent in endless waiting, whether it is Naoko or Midori... They all drift away. After reading it, I didn't have any thoughts and I even felt empty.
I read this book when I was in junior high school. At first, I was only attracted by the strong love descriptions in the book. Now that I read it again, I feel a lot of emotion.
I read more than half of the paper version and read the rest in one sitting on my mobile phone. In one sentence, Naoko's death was so sudden.
Finished reading
Lost in the forest. People are really fragile, confused and lonely. Learn to reconcile with yourself and let yourself go.
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Official(23)Scraped 1mo ago
Watching it for the eighth time gives me new feelings every time.
Different experiences build different personalities
I just finished reading it and was jotting down my thoughts wherever I went. I am a layman, so although I am from the first perspective, it is difficult to take on the role. I feel that Watanabe is very unlucky. He treats people so sincerely and kindly, but the people he meets are not normal, and he almost becomes a victim of Kizuki and Naoko's love and spirit. It may be exaggerated in literary works. Japanese college students have a very casual attitude towards sex. They can pick up girls in any bar and sleep with them. However, this kind of thing may happen in every country and era, but I have never seen it before, so it is better not to experience this kind of promiscuous life. The author's writing is really delicate and touching, describing Midoriko's 100% willful wishes: after eating strawberry cream cake and not wanting to eat it, she hopes to throw it out of the window; after she writes about Midori's new hair style, she hopes Watanabe will find out the result but turns a blind eye and then writes a long letter to criticize her anxiously. I wrote about my huge conflicting emotions when I embraced Midoriko, who was full of vitality, and when I was thinking about my guilt and responsibility for Naoko. At the same time, it also formed a huge contrast and irony with Naoko's determination and indifference to burn all my letters and not leave any suicide note or news to me. I don't know if it's a misunderstanding. Although Naoko is described as gentle and demure, she is actually a colder and more selfish person than Nagazawa. She is crazily eating away at the warmth and truth in my body. Maybe this is a means of self-rescue for a dying person, but she is too cruel to me. She doesn't seem to have any sympathy or love for me, and she has never thought about how to properly deal with my emotions. If it weren't for Reiko's comfort and Midoriko's vitality (although I don't know if they were together), I might have made the same mistake again and gone insane. She wanted to pull me up and climb out, and I tried my best to hold her hand tightly, but she never thought (sincerely) that I might fall because of it.
Great work, life coach
If it is too late to wake up and apologize, then let parting teach us how to cherish and repent. There is no need to resolve the misunderstanding, we have really tried our best. In fact, my idea of loving you at that time was as solid as a rock, but that day you said something that hurt me, and I was no longer attached to you. I once naively thought that my love was indestructible, but it was defeated by a few words. We are always blocked by something, including you. You will never empathize with me. I can't change you, then I can only give up on you.
Very good, very good, very, very, not very good
To complain a little (originally the purpose was to see how long I read)
The first time I read this book was after I broke up with my first love (read the physical book) I was deeply touched when I saw the sentence in the book, "Naoko has never even loved me." The second time I read this book, after I reunited and broke up with my first love, I wanted to read something. It happened that I had almost forgotten the content of this book, so I saw the sentence "Naoko didn't even love me." Sad, sad, and in short, not happy. I continued reading and saw Nagazawa saying, "Only cowards and despicable people can sympathize with themselves." I felt even worse. A person should never become weak. It is always possible for a person to grow. I want to grow, and I am extremely eager to grow. I try to enrich my life, no longer stay at home, and go out for walks during holidays. When I see people, my energy will inevitably be consumed. What I see is not just people, but AT Fields (which can be understood as barriers between people). So my originally happy heart immediately became anxious and a little weak. I want to meet a cute girl like Midori and communicate with such a cute girl, and then I can become Toru Watanabe, but why, why should Midori communicate with me. "Not familiar, thank you." I can only wait, wait for someone to know me, wait for someone to get to know me. I also want to take the initiative, but people who take the initiative always have a purpose. People with a purpose will be hated? Will you be alerted? Maybe, in short, this is how I speculate about those people, those people have impure intentions. I can only wait, I hate waiting, but I always wait. Waiting for my mother to pick me up from school (once I waited 2 hours, usually very late) ... Waiting for my first love (when I was in my third year of junior high school, I waited for 15 years) Waiting for her to come back (I waited for 3 years and got back together in my freshman year) Now that she is gone, do I have to wait again, wait for her to come back, wait for another person to appear in my life...
"There is no one who likes to be alone, but they just don't like to be disappointed."
Life may be spent in endless waiting, whether it is Naoko or Midori... They all drift away. After reading it, I didn't have any thoughts and I even felt empty.
I read this book when I was in junior high school. At first, I was only attracted by the strong love descriptions in the book. Now that I read it again, I feel a lot of emotion.
I read more than half of the paper version and read the rest in one sitting on my mobile phone. In one sentence, Naoko's death was so sudden.
Finished reading
Lost in the forest. People are really fragile, confused and lonely. Learn to reconcile with yourself and let yourself go.
