Kafka on the Shore was published in the year of 2002. Kafka on the Shore is one of the standalone Murakami novels, one that is held in quite a high regard, with many fans going so far as to note it being among the best-rated Murakami books. Soon enough, he begins having interactions with a girl from school, but can his melancholy be healed? Oftentimes, Norwegian Wood is looked upon as Haruki Murakami’s best book. Naoko resides in a sanatorium, deep into the country and the mountains, as Toru tries to wrestle with the things given to him. Now, as the young man navigates through the years of college, what with education, life on the campus, the seclusion, isolation, and loneliness that he feels, he senses that Naoko doesn’t have the same proclivity for going on despite it all, but instead finds the onerous duties to be insurmountable. Toru loved a girl of alike age named Naoko and she loved him back, but when their best friend killed himself, everything was tinged with a certain morose and dreadful air. We jump into the past as we then meet a young, aloof Toru as a college student in Tokyo. The story begins with Toru, well into his more mature years, on a plane as he hears a certain tune that reminds him of a time quite long ago. The main character of Norwegian Wood is Toru. It is often quoted as being one of the top Haruki Murakami books, as well. Norwegian Wood was published in the year of 1987. As such, it is one of the most popular Haruki Murakami books of all time. Norwegian Wood is the novel that pushed Murakami towards the world stage. Throughout his career, Murakami has received the Franz Kafka Prize, the World Fantasy Award, the Jerusalem Prize, and the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award, among many others. Murakami has succeeded in distinguishing himself from the fray. From reading authors like Jack Kerouac, Charles Dickens, Kurt Vonnegut, Dostoyevsky, Kafka, etc. The Murakami’s writing, and even he, himself, has been under the influence of Western and Russian literature.

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