Murakami off reading lists in New Jersey
Complaints from parents led to Haruki Miurakami's Norwegian Wood being dropped from summer reading lists in Williamstown, New Jersey
Haruki Murakami's venerated novel of love and mental illness, Norwegian Wood, has been pulled off a reading list for New Jersey teenagers after a rash of complaints from parents.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Thursday, 25 August, 2011
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