Norwegian Wood 挪威的森林

　　First American Publication
　　This stunning and elegiac novel by the author of theinternationally acclaimed Wind-Up Bird Chronicle has sold over 4million copies in Japan and is now available to American audiencesfor the first time. It is sure to be a literary event.
　　Toru, a quiet and preternaturally serious young college studentin Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a beautiful and introspective youngwoman, but their mutual passion is marked by the tragic death oftheir best friend years before. Toru begins to adapt to campus lifeand the loneliness and isolation he faces there, but Naoko findsthe pressures and responsibilities of life unbearable. As sheretreats further into her own world, Toru finds himself reachingout to others and drawn to a fiercely independent and sexuallyliberated young woman.
　　A poignant story of one college student's romantic coming-of-age,Norwegian Wood takes us to that distant place of a young man'sfirst, hopeless, and heroic love.