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  Thursday, Jul 31, 2008 8:59PM / Standard Entry / Members only
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  "Norwegian Wood ", the best selling novel by Haruki Murakami, is made into a movie at last! It was purblished in 1987 and has translated in 50 countries. it is a nostalgic love story of loss and reborn in college students in late 1960s(when most students protest against the government orders) I think  some tastes are  like 王家衛s early films.As for the first edition, the vivid red and the green binding were impressive! It became the talk for us at cafe after work. It was amazing, even Hiroko had the first edition.(hmmm...my question is how old was she in 1987?)  Actually she is a book warm, keeping many valuable books.                                    (check her blog   http://www.alivenotdead.com/satohiroko  )

  Some AnD friends told me that Haruki was their favorite writer. Thanks, but...to tell the truth, I had lost interest in his novels after "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle". However i can say "Norwegian Wood " was surely my favorite.

        

  Well,the film will be directed by Tran Anh Hung, well known with "The Scent of Green Papaya"(1993),"Cyclo"(1995), "I Come with the Rain(2008)" and etc as you know. It says that Haruki agreeded to make it by Tran Anh Hung after the negotiations from 2004. Though the cast and all staff members are undecided, the director hopes to get some japanese actors and to shoot in japan. hmmmm... Who is the right man for the role of Watanabe-kun? Naoko? Kizuki? I should reread it in my bookshelf to think about the actors fitting to be.
  Have you ever read Haruki's novel?

  ※Haruki Murakami　corner @ Yaesu book center

  

  PS    Dear my friends,
           暑中お見舞い申し上げます。
           Summer greeting inquiring after your health!

  

   
  

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