The main character of Norwegian Wood is Toru. It is often quoted as being one of the top Haruki Murakami books, as well. Norwegian Wood was published in the year of 1987. As such, it is one of the most popular Haruki Murakami books of all time. Norwegian Wood is the novel that pushed Murakami towards the world stage. Throughout his career, Murakami has received the Franz Kafka Prize, the World Fantasy Award, the Jerusalem Prize, and the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award, among many others. Murakami has succeeded in distinguishing himself from the fray. From reading authors like Jack Kerouac, Charles Dickens, Kurt Vonnegut, Dostoyevsky, Kafka, etc. The Murakami’s writing, and even he, himself, has been under the influence of Western and Russian literature.
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