![]() ![]() One might also link memory to the pain of loneliness that seems to be felt even by the dead, such as Kizuki, and Naoko too by the end of the novel: it is not simply that they live on in Toru's memory, but also that they continue to be loved. Closely connected to interpersonal understanding, memory is one of the central aspects of love that nearly all of the characters feel: Naoko's second and most important request to Toru is that he remember her Reiko asks that Toru remember her and Naoko as she leaves for Asahikawa and Midori and Hatsumi both demand love in terms of remembrance. ![]() From its beginning, the novel is immediately framed by the question of memory: the elder Toru is painfully reminded of his time with Naoko by " Norwegian Wood" playing on the airplane speakers, an experience that transports him back to a scene which, strangely, is absent of him, Naoko, and anyone else. ![]()
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