Coming Home to Modern Japan. An Orphic Dialogue between Japan and the West in Murakami Haruki’s Norwegian Wood

This article addresses the debate on the "Japanese identity" of Norwegian Wood, which — though popular — is often conducted in an intuitive fashion. I try to find a way out by looking more thoroughly into the Orphic legacy of the novel than has been done up to now by Japanese scholars. Fir...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Emiel Nachtegael
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The International Academic Forum 2013-09-01
Series:IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship
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Online Access:https://iafor.org/journal/iafor-journal-of-literature-and-librarianship/volume-2-issue-2/article-2/