Norwegian Wood Flashcards
Author of Norwegian Wood
Haruki Murakami
Originally entitled
Noruwei no Mori
When did it publish
1987
When was/is Haruki Murakami born?
January 12,1949
Where did he (Haruki Murakami) live before moving?
Ashiya (near Kobe)
Where did he (Haruki Murakami) move?
Tokyo
What University did he (Haruki Murakami) attend?
Waseda University
Haruki Murakami’s first novel
Hear the Wind Sing (1979)
What was his (Haruki Murakami) work for seven years?
owner of a small jazz bar
name the author’s notable works
Norwegian Wood (1987), The Wind-Up Bird
Chronicle (1994–95), Kafka on the Shore (2002)
What song did hit Toru hard and found himself flung back into memories of his youth?
Norwegian Wood by The Beatles
The former girlfriend of Toru’s best friend from high school
Naoko
Who killed himself during their senior year?
Kizuki
On what day of the week would Toru and Naoko meet?
Sunday (every Sunday)
He is a serial womanizer, invites Toru out on the town to get drunk, pick-up women, and bring
them to hotels for pleasure.
Nagasawa
What did Toru and Naoko celebrate in her apartment?
Naoko’s 20th birthday
Where was Naoko moving?
sanatorium (hills of Kyoto)
What class did Toru and Midori meet?
History of Drama Class
A vibrant girl whom Toru met in a class
Midori
Name of the sanitorium
Ami Hostel
She’s Naoko’s roommate and she’s called a “Music Doctor” because of her skills at piano and guitar
Reiko Ishida
What day of the week did Midori go to Toru’s dorm to pick him up?
Sunday
Midori’s father who suffers brain tumor and died
Mr. Kobayashi or Kobayashi
Where did Naoko hung herself?
Woods
Where does Reiko plan to teach music?
Ashikawa (a village in the far north of Japan)
What question did Midori ask to Toru?
Where are you?
The main character in the story, best friend of Kizuki
Toru Watanabe
Toru’s best friend and Naoko’s boyfriend.
Kizuki
Toru’s secondary love interest, is a bright, talkative, and an adventurous student.
Midori Kobayashi
She is Nagasawa’s girlfriend. A chic, pleasant, mild-mannered young woman.
Hatsumi
What year did the story take place?
1968
When did the film release “Norwegian Wood”?
2010
Who said this? “Death exists, not as the opposite but as a part of life”
Toru
“The dead will always be dead, but we have to go on living.”
Naoko
