by Haruki Murakami · Tusquets · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483835043
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«Tokio blues (Norwegian Wood)» is the contemporary novel by Haruki Murakami, published by Tusquets in paperback (384 pages, in Spanish).
Toru Watanabe is a 37-year-old executive who, hearing an old Beatles song at a European airport, flashes back to his youth in 1960s Tokyo. There he relives his bond with Naoko, the fragile girlfriend of a deceased friend, and the contrast with Midori, a lively young woman. A novel about first love, loss, and coming of age.
Translation by Lourdes Porta Fuentes. Volume 3 of the Maxi-Tusquets collection. The original Japanese edition dates from 1987.
For readers of contemporary fiction, romance, and Japanese literature, and also for those who want to start with Haruki Murakami's narrative.
Haruki Murakami is a Japanese writer. His novels, essays, and short stories have been best-sellers in Japan and internationally, with his work translated into 50 languages and having sold millions of copies outside Japan. He has received numerous awards for his work, including the Gunzo Prize for New Writers, the World Fantasy Award, the Tanizaki Prize, Yomiuri Prize for Literature, the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, the Noma Literary Prize, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Kiriyama Prize for Fiction, the Goodreads Choice Awards for Best Fiction, the Jerusalem Prize, and the Princess of Asturias Awards.
