Norwegian Wood

... in the evenings I sold records. And in between, I absentmindedly observed the crowd passing by the window.

Families, couples, drunks, yakuza, lively girls in mini skirts, guys with beatnik beards, hostesses from bars and other strange people.

As soon as rock music played, hippies and layabouts gathered outside the store - some were dancing, others were sniffing solvents, and some just sat on the pavement. I completely stopped understanding what was what. What is this? - I thought. - What do they all want to say? ...

The novel by the classic of modern Japanese literature Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood, which brought the author truly worldwide fame.