Dusting Off the Classics Book Group-- Norwegian Wood In-Person / Online
Join us for “Dusting Off the Classics” with facilitator Christopher Proctor. This month's selection is Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami. We will be meeting in the Applegate Room at the lower level of the library, or you may join us virtually.
Toru, a quiet and preternaturally serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young woman, but their mutual passion is marked by the tragic death of their best friend years before. Toru begins to adapt to campus life and the loneliness and isolation he faces there, but Naoko finds the pressures and responsibilities of life unbearable. As she retreats further into her own world, Toru finds himself reaching out to others and drawn to a fiercely independent and sexually liberated young woman. A poignant story of one college student's romantic coming-of-age, Norwegian Wood takes us to that distant place of a young man's first, hopeless, and heroic love.
Christopher Proctor is an academic librarian and faculty member at Indiana University Southeast Library.
Get a copy at the library in the month before the discussion or on OverDrive or Hoopla.
- Date:
- Tuesday, November 5, 2024 Show more dates
- Time:
- 6:00pm - 7:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Applegate Meeting Room
- Branch:
- New Albany Main Library
- Audience:
- Adults