Norwegian Wood Nicola roaming the stars with Cassius

roaming the stars with Cassius and dreaming of an empire reborn from Darrow’s ashes

Or to the set of the hit show that you – as a twenty-five-year-old – are writing

including his best-known tale of a man who wakes up transformed into an insect

One of the Best Books of the Year of The New Yorker and Prospect (UK)

A world-renowned composer of symphonies

Norwegian Wood Nicola roaming the stars with CassiusFrom the bestselling author of Kafka on the Shore: A magnificent coming of age story steeped in nostalgia, a masterly novel (The New York Times Book Review) blending the music, the mood, and the ethos that were the sixties with a young mans hopeless and heroic first love. Now with a new introduction by the author. Toru, a serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young woman, but their mutual passion is