title: Norwegian Wood II: A Novel
author:  Haruki Murakami 
description: This novel is Haruki Murakami's typical love story.
zlib_text: NORWEGIAN 
  WOOD 
  Haruki Murakami 
  Translated by 
  Alfred Birnbaum 
  KODANSHA 
  KODANSHA INTERNATIONAL 
  
  Originally published in Japanese under the 
  title Noruwei no mori. 
  Published by Kodansha Publishers Ltd., 12-
  21 Otowa 2-chome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112 
  and Kodansha International Ltd., 
  17-14 
  Otowa 1-chome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112. 
  Copyright © 1987 by Haruki Murakami. 
  English translation copyright © 1989 by 
  Kodansha International 
  Ltd. 
  All 
  rights 
  reserved. Printed in Japan. 
  ISBN 4-06-186051-8 
  First edition, 1989 
  Sixth printing, 1990 
  
  CONTENTS 
  Chapter 1 
  7 
  Chapter 2 
  21 
  Chapter 3 
  51 
  Chapter 4 
  91 
  Chapter 5 
  163 
  Chapter 6 
  172 
  NOTES 
  275 
  
  CHAPTER 1 
  Here I am, thirty-seven years old, seated in a Boeing 
  747. The giant plane is diving into a thick cover of 
  clouds, about to land at Hamburg Airport. A chill 
  November rain darkens the land, turning the scene 
  into a gloomy Flemish painting. The .airport work­
  ers in their rain gear, the flags atop the faceless air­
  port build