Since winning the Kafka Prize, known as the "Prelude to the Nobel Prize in Literature", Haruki Murakami has become a popular candidate every year for "Kafka by the Sea".
So far, he has been running with him for a full 10 years, and he has been concerned every year, but he has returned home every year, which can be called "the most tragic finalist" and has also been ridiculed by netizens as "the second oldest man".
Born in 1949, Haruki Murakami is known as the literary standard-bearer of japan in the 1980s and is one of the Japanese writers most familiar to Chinese readers. His works are extremely popular in Japan, China, Asia, and even the world. His Norwegian Forest, among others, has influenced generations of readers.
"Norwegian Forest" tells the story of the protagonist Watanabe entangled between naoko, who is emotionally unstable and mentally ill, and midoriko Kobayashi, who is depressed and wandering, and finally embarks on a journey of self-redemption and growth.
The downright realistic brushwork depicts the landscape of lost youth, and the novel is permeated with a characteristic sentimental and lonely atmosphere. Since its appearance in Japan in 1987, the novel has resonated among young people and has become popular.
Classic quote from The Norwegian Forest
Everyone has their own piece of forest, and maybe we've never been there, but it's always been there, and it's always been there. The lost are lost, and the people who meet will meet again.
Where there are people who like to be lonely, but they don't like to be disappointed.
Hopefully you can remember me, remember that I lived like this, and stayed with you like this.
If you fall into the darkness, all you can do is wait until your eyes adjust to the darkness.
Death is not the opposite of life, but eternal existence as part of life.
When we were teenagers, we pursued passion, but after maturity, we were obsessed with mediocrity, and after we sought, hurt, and diverged, we could still believe in love as always, which is a kind of courage.
I came to realize that being profound does not mean being close to the truth.
Maybe my pericardium has a hard shell, and what can break through the shell is extremely limited. That's why I can't be deeply in love with people.
Our normality lies in our understanding of our abnormalities.
What will not be forgotten will never be forgotten, and what will be forgotten is useless to keep!
The so-called life is just a process of continuous loss
Some people say that this book is really too tragic, and too many people have died. Kizuki is dead, Naoko is dead, Hatsumi is dead, Naoko's sister is dead, and death is not uncommon in Murakami's works.
But in "Norwegian Forest", these dead characters have outstanding positive characteristics, Kizuki is warm and fair, Naoko is gentle and beautiful, Hatsumi is the goddess of perfection, Naoko's sister is both good and good, and their deaths are nostalgic.
This work is through the departure of these people, nostalgia for youth, can also be said to be the requiem of the dead, the epitaph of youth. Tell the story of growth through death.
But there is also no shortage of dynamic and positive aspects in the whole book, just like the emergence of Midoriko, she is lively and enthusiastic, humorous and funny, representing the new life, and Reiko is willing to break through herself and re-enter the society, which also expresses the author's expectation of rebirth in life.
Where there is death, there is a new life, and it can also be reborn, and the author injects new hope into the direction of tragedy.
Since its introduction in Japan in 1987, Norwegian Forest has sold more than 15 million copies in Japan (2011 statistics), and on average, one out of every 6-7 Japanese people has the book, making it the largest book in Japan.
Critic Bai Ye said: "Norwegian Forest" "focuses on the dual pursuit of pure love and individuality of young boys and girls in complex modern life" with documentary techniques and poetic language... Beyond the clichés of ordinary love descriptions, it has a deeper meaning of life.
In fact, this story may be the story of each of us, that is, we ourselves, read this story, we will understand our own youth, this is a funeral of your youth and mine.
Not only do they have gorgeous words and interesting stories, but they can also let us learn the truth of life, let us see ourselves from it, and let us feel empathy.