NMLP P-011237 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Norwegian Wood (Noruwei no Mori)

Haruki Murakami · Kodansha International (Tokyo) · 1989

The true first English appearance is the 1989 Kodansha English Library Birnbaum pocket set (scarce, sold only in Japan). The Rubin translation, Harvill UK 2000, is the canonical trade first edition (first thus). The Japanese original was published in 1987.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-011237 for "Norwegian Wood (Noruwei no Mori)" by Haruki Murakami (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-011237, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).