In one episode, this novel's protagonist convinces another character's sick father to eat an entire cucumber.
This work ends with the protagonist on the phone pondering the question "Where are you now?" while earlier in this work, the protagonist philosophizes "Death is not the opposite of life but an innate part of life." In one episode, this novel's protagonist convinces another character's sick father to eat an entire cucumber. One character in this novel lies about her father moving to Uruguay, while another is a geography major who stutters when he says the word "map." The protagonist of this novel is a college student whose favorite novel changes from The Centaur to The Great Gatsby, shares a dorm with Storm Trooper, and meets Midori while the depressed Naoko is in a sanatorium. For 10 points, name this novel that centers on Toru Watanabe and is named for a Beatles song, a work of Murakami.
This work ends with the protagonist on the phone pondering the question "Where are you now?" while earlier in this work, the protagonist philosophizes "Death is not the opposite of life but an innate part of life."
Norwegian Wood [or Noruwei no Mori]