As the title says, I recently read ‘Norwegian Wood’ and I don’t know how to feel about certain aspects of it. This was my first time reading Murakami’s fiction (I’d read his book on running before) and was kind of disappointed. Maybe, disappointed is the wrong word as I did find it fascinating throughout but something about the dialogue spoken by the female characters seemed a little male-gazey and to have been born out of male fantasy. Did something maybe get lost in translation or was this how it was supposed to feel and sound? Is there a better gateway to Murakami’s work?
Edit: Sorry this is the umpteenth post about Murakami on this sub. I really hadn’t come across any and wanted to know if any of his other books would work for me. Thanks for the replies.
by prisonmike2003