Tòquio blues

Norwegian Wood

Paperback, 304 pages

Català language

Published Dec. 3, 2005

ISBN:
978-84-9787-112-9
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Una obra mestra sobre l''amor a finals dels anys seixanta. Considerada el clàssic modern per excel·lència de la literatura japonesa, i amb èxit aclaparador arreu del món, Tòquio blues narra l'educació sentimental d'un jove estudiant al Tòquio dels anys seixanta. Introvertit, tímid i seriós, Toru Watanabe s'enamora perdudament de Naoko, una noia continguda i impenetrable, i pateix una crisi postadolescent que el porta a l'aïllament social i a la reclusió. Per sortir-ne, i davant les dificultats de la seva relació amb la Naoko, Toru es llança a un espiral de sexe esporàdic i un dia coneix la Midori, una noia vital, exuberant i plena de vida que revolucionarà el seu món ordenat i tranquil. Tendra, escrita amb to melancòlic i sensual i amb un ritme molt àgil, Tòquio blues és una novel·la rodona i plena d'humor que beu de Salinger, Sylvia Plath i Harper Lee. Amb el Japó contemporani com …

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as his first book to go "mainstream," i had always heard it described as one of his most bildungsroman/young man stumbles through sexuality themed, but i think this rather undersells it. it's definitely the most straightforward of his fiction i've read (and the earliest) but it had a lot to say (to me at least) about mental health and the struggle to bridge incomprehensibly different internal worlds. sex, wells, spiritual blockers, cats, music (more pop than jazz in this one), and food of course all play a feature role.

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I actually didn't have too great expectations with this one. I love Murakami, but i didn't think that this rather straightforward - and hence atypical - Murakami story would get to me particularly well. Well it did. It's a great story of teenage hopelessness, of the tendency for hopelessness to breed hopelessness and the truly twisted and beautiful minds of people.

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