Haruki Murakami

Toru, a quiet and serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young woman whose bond with him is marked by the tragic death of their mutual best friend. As Naoko retreats further into her own world, Toru finds himself drawn to Midori, a fiercely independent and free-spirited young woman. A nostalgic and elegiac story of first love, loss, and the painful passage into adulthood, set against the backdrop of 1960s Tokyo.