Haruki murakami quotes norwegian wood

Norwegian Wood (ノルウェイの森, 1987) by Haruki Murakami and translated by Jay Rubin is a Japanese novel focused on the theme of relationships.

It was the author's first mainstream success in his native land, and one of the most popular translated Japanese novels in the Western Hemisphere. It is narrated by the character of Toru Watanabe.

Haruki murakami quotes norwegian wood

Chapter One

• True, given time enough, I can remember her face. I start joining images - her tiny, cold hand; her straight, black hair so smooth and cool to the touch; a soft, rounded earlobe and the microscopic mole just beneath it; the camel-hair coat she wore in the winter; her habit of looking straight into my eyes when asking a question; the slight trembling that would come to her voice now and then (as though she were speaking on a windy hilltop) - and suddenly her face is there, always in profile at first, because Naoko and I were always out walking together, side by side.

• I'm confused.

  Really confused