http://roughnotes.wordpress.com/2007/08/08/norwegian-wood-haruki-murakami/ An online jotter book for books and other stuff he's read Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:55:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://roughnotes.wordpress.com/2007/08/08/norwegian-wood-haruki-murakami/#comment-14689 Ivan Chew Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:48:46 +0000 http://roughnotes.wordpress.com/2007/08/08/norwegian-wood-haruki-murakami/#comment-14689 Hey Evan, I just read Wind-Up Bird and it is surreal indeed. But strangely, I seem to understand Wind-Up Bird better than Norwegian Wood! Even thought Norwegian Wood seems less complex on the surface, as you say. Hey Evan, I just read Wind-Up Bird and it is surreal indeed. But strangely, I seem to understand Wind-Up Bird better than Norwegian Wood! Even thought Norwegian Wood seems less complex on the surface, as you say.

]]> http://roughnotes.wordpress.com/2007/08/08/norwegian-wood-haruki-murakami/#comment-14688 Evan Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:36:21 +0000 http://roughnotes.wordpress.com/2007/08/08/norwegian-wood-haruki-murakami/#comment-14688 Norwegian Wood is NOTHING like Murakami's other work. It's much more straightforward, much less complex (at least on the surface), and much less surreal. "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" and "Kafka on the Shore" are generally considered to be his 'masterworks,' I'd suggest reading either of those. Norwegian Wood is NOTHING like Murakami’s other work. It’s much more straightforward, much less complex (at least on the surface), and much less surreal. “The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle” and “Kafka on the Shore” are generally considered to be his ‘masterworks,’ I’d suggest reading either of those.

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