George Matthews is a young man who is having a bittersweet affair with a French divorcée in Los Angeles. Waiting to be drafted, he is unable to commit himself to anything or anybody, including his girlfriend Gloria. While trying to raise money to prevent his car from being repossessed, George is attracted to Lola, a Frenchwoman who works in a "model shop" (an establishment which rents out beautiful pin-up models to photographers). George spends his last twelve dollars to photograph her, and discovers that she is as unhappy as he. Although Lola is unwilling to respond to George, their brief night of lovemaking gives both the will to deal with their respective problems.

A struggling, unemployed musician living with his girlfriend looks to improve his life after he discovers how she's been paying the rent.

本書在美國甫出版即登上美國暢銷書排行榜冠軍。 作者榮獲二○○一年美國文藝學院獎。 即將改拍成電影，由約翰‧厄文親自編劇，並和「狗臉的歲月」瑞典導演萊塞赫‧爾斯多再度合作，暫定由喬治‧庫隆尼主演。 主角是一名新聞記者──派屈克‧華靈福，他無時無刻都在等待災難、等待八卦、等待醜聞。 有一回，採訪印度馬戲團的新聞時，全國觀眾在電視機前，看著他的左手當場被獅子吃掉。後來，有一個寡婦願意捐贈她丈夫的手給他，條件是她擁有手的看護權，而他要付出的代價就是給她一個小孩。 俊美的派屈克身邊盡是一些古怪的女人，他也都順著她們，從來沒有自己的想法。 一個一心想要和他上床幫他生小孩的女主管、一個和他上床的女性主義者要他改變他的一生、一個要他陪她去墮胎的祖母級女人……而他真正愛的卻是那個把丈夫的手捐給他、卻不愛他的寡婦…… 書中有大量滑稽好笑的情節和極盡諷刺新聞媒體的描述，但它不只是一部喜劇而已。約翰‧厄文就說：「這不是關於一個傢伙如何要回他的手的故事，而是要探討，到底有什麼東西從我們的生活中遺失了。」

2014 film

The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.

A gifted engineer flees his austere roots to pursue wealth and success among Copenhagen's elite. As he rises through the ranks of society, the pride propelling him threatens to be his ruin.

When he hears her favourite Beatles song, Toru Watanabe recalls his first love Naoko, the girlfriend of his best friend Kizuki. Immediately he is transported back almost twenty years to his student days in Tokyo, adrift in a world of uneasy friendships, casual sex, passion, loss and desire - to a time when an impetuous young woman called Midori marches into his life and he has to choose between the future and the past. (20021018) 点击链接进入中文版： 挪威的森林