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Norwegian Wood

Haruki Murakami
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literary fiction coming of age past tense first POV ~492 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

melancholic lyrical existential

A slow-burn and dark literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Deeply introspective. Contains notable romance, sexual content.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 20
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 15
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 95
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 45
intimateepic

Content

Violence 30%
noneextreme
Sexual content 80%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 90%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count123,068
Page count~492 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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