The next book club meeting will be at 8pm on Wednesday 11th May 2011 at the Old Dairy and we'll be discussing Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami.
Published in 1987, the novel is a nostalgic story of loss and sexuality. The story's protagonist and narrator is Toru Watanabe, who looks back on his days as a freshman university student living in Tokyo. Through Toru's reminiscences we see him develop relationships with two very different women — the beautiful yet emotionally troubled Naoko, and the outgoing, lively Midori.
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Sorry for my general quietness and not turning up at last book-club. I have been super busy.
I read Norwegian Wood quite a few years ago and really enjoyed it so I'm looking forward to reading it again and catching up with you all in a few weeks.
See you later!
Oddly though, the stories stay with me.
What am I missing?
Should have turned up at The Old Dairy.
There was a very small group of us on Wednesday - just me, Sophie and a new member, Missthing! We had an enjoyable and interesting chat and all seemed to have liked the book a lot. Missthing suggested our next book: Something to Tell You by Hanif Kureishi. The meeting will be on Monday 20th June - hope that date is ok for everyone. We also discussed a possible book for July - The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson.