: Toru finds himself torn between two women who represent vastly different paths.
: The core of the narrative is shaped by the suicide of Toru's best friend, Kizuki, during high school. Tokio blues - Haruki Murakami.epub
The story is narrated by , a 37-year-old executive who hears the Beatles' song "Norwegian Wood" while landing at a European airport. The music triggers a flood of memories from his university days in Tokyo during the turbulent late 1960s. : Toru finds himself torn between two women