Norwegian Wood

The Murakami novel Grant likes best; Tamir notes it is his only novel without magic realism.

Where it appears 2

• 
  the forbidden wonderland of murakamiEp 10 · with Salih Yayar

  Cited by Salih as an example of a story told through a young man's thoughts, which explains some of its depiction of women; in Salih's top five and Tamir's honorable mentions.

  Listen at 22:38Read it in the transcript
• 
  the antidote to madnessEp 2 · with Grant Shipway

  Listen at 1:25:43Read it in the transcript

Connections

Written by

• Haruki Murakami

Referenced by

• Check whose eyes the story usesSalih Yayar · Ep 10 · 22:38

  Before calling a writer sexist, ask whose perspective the story is told from: a young man's thoughts (Norwegian Wood) differ from a grown man's or a woman's own voice.