The author gives authenticity to the reality of some characters. The first paragraph of the book shows us the protagonist reaching Hamburgo, the city were The Beatles started their way to immortality. "Norwegian blues" is the original title of the book, a Beatle's song, interpretated in the book by the guitar of the music professor. Watanabe, the protagonist and narrator in first person, reads during part of the book "The Magic Mountain" by Thomas Mann, while he tries to climb that enchanted mount in a world that is too sad as for create this paradise. If to all this you add the suicide of your best friend, the loneliness, the beginning of the university life in a country such as competitive as Japan, we can find us with the absurd of a heart that beats the reason. Little space, non-stop noises, fulminating trains, polluting cars, endless skyscrapers and thousands neon lights bringing light to streets full of chimeras. Living in a city like Tokio must be complicated.
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