At B&N Reads Jeff Somers tagged five novels in which music is a character, including:Norwegian Wood, by Haruki Murakami
Using an orchestral version of the Beatles’ “Norwegian Wood” in much the same way Proust used his madeleine, Murakami’s protagonist Toru Watanabe is moved to sink into a reverie about his past. The song is repeatedly referenced throughout the text, as Toru remembers his love
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