{"product_id":"9780099448822","title":"Haruki Murakami - Norwegian Wood","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Haruki Murakami. Themes include Fiction, Literary, Romance, Contemporary, Historical.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A masterly novel' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Such is the exquisite, gossamer construction of Murakami's writing that everything he chooses to describe trembles with symbolic possibility' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead the haunting love story that turned Murakami into a literary superstar.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he hears her favourite Beatles song, Toru Watanabe recalls his first love Naoko, the girlfriend of his best friend Kizuki. Immediately he is transported back almost twenty years to his student days in Tokyo, adrift in a world of uneasy friendships, casual sex, passion, loss and desire - to a time when an impetuous young woman called Midori marches into his life and he has to choose between the future and the past. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*\u003cb\u003eMurakami's new book Novelist as a Vocation is available now\u003c\/b\u003e* \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Evocative, entertaining, sexy and funny; but then Murakami is one of the best writers around' \u003ci\u003eTime Out\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Poignant, romantic and hopeless, it beautifully encapsulates the heartbreak and loss of faith' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This book is undeniably hip, full of student uprisings, free love, booze and 1960s pop, it's also genuinely emotionally engaging, and describes the highs of adolescence as well as the lows' \u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58222100742518,"sku":null,"price":4.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9780099448822.jpg?v=1783437663","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9780099448822","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}