Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami [FIRST U.S. PAPERBACK EDITION] 2000 • Vintage

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

FIRST U.S. PAPERBACK EDITION [2000] VINTAGE INTERNATIONAL

13th printing of this original run of U.S. Trade Paperback printings with beautiful cover design by John Gall.

Book is in very good condition with some light wear.

Nice, clean and tight copy.   

Rear cover has two mild creases along upper edge and one tiny surface tear (sticker damage) next to barcode.  Otherwise cover is very good.

Reads like new with a hint of tanning.

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.

A magnificent blending of the music, the mood, and the ethos that was the sixties with the story of one college student's romantic coming of age, Norwegian Wood brilliantly recaptures a young man's first, hopeless, and heroic love.