Norwegian Wood writtien by Haruki murakami in a year 1987 The novel is set in Tokyo during a year 1960 at a time when Japanese childern and sutdents like those of many other nations, were protesting against the established While it serves as the novel unfold, Murakami through and the portrays the student movement as largely weak-willed and hypocritical.
Murakami adapted the first section of the novel from an earlier short story The story was subsequently included in the collection Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman its agreat story very one should read it its about japanese
The novel is set in Tokyo during the late 1960s, at a time when Japanese students, like those of many other nations, were protesting against the established order.[5] While it serves as the backdrop against which the events of the novel unfold, Murakami(through the eyes of Watanabe and Midori) portrays the student movement as largely weak-willed and hypocritical.
Norwegian Wood was hugely popular with Japanese young generation and made him Murakami something of a star in his native country and much to his dismay at the time