渡边与初美打桌球

挪威的森林英文版本，会读得比中文版本慢，但慢慢读，想法就多，这只是个刺激，我做些必要注解，引用一个片段之后，再写心得
The night I played pool with [意译为打桌球]Hatsumi（初美）, though, the thought of Kizuki（ 木月）never crossed my mind until the first game ended, and this came as a real shock to me. I had always assumed that I'd be reminded of Kizuki whenever I played pool. But not until the first game was over and I bought a Pepsi from a vending machine and started drinking it did I even think of him. It was the pool hall we used to play in, and we had often bet drinks on the outcome of our games.
I felt guilty that I hadn't thought of Kizuki （木月）straight away, as if I had somehow abandoned him. Back in my room, though, I came to think of it like this: two and-a-half years have gone by since it happened, and Kizuki is still 17 years old. Not that this means my memory of him has faded. The things that his death gave rise to are still there, bright and clear, inside me, some of them even clearer than when they
were new.What I want to say is this: I'm going to turn 20 soon. Part of what Kizuki and I shared when we were 16 and 17 has already vanished, and no amount of crying is going to bring that back. 哭泣也无助于扭转时光 I can't explain it any better than this, but I think that you can probably under- stand what I felt and what I am trying to say. In fact, you are probably the only one in the world who can understand.
自由联想：
以上来自 挪威的森林
与初美外出打桌球时候，渡边君终于想起木月君，都是在打桌球，都是在喝饮料，木月毫无征兆自杀，自杀前只约渡边打球，而非与直子见面，这让直子介意、渡边内疚，当时打球整体气氛还是很好，只是木月迫不及待、绝不服输有些奇怪。渡边几乎已经忘记这创伤记忆，此次与初美一起打桌球，初美如同姐姐亲切，让渡边内心十分放松时候，记忆又恢复了。木月之死，对直子病发乃至后来自杀，都有很大影响，渡边从小认识木月、直子，与木月感情也很好，渡边承载能力比较强，饱读世界名著，乃至能够引发品味特别挑剔的永泽注意，其实内心也积累了 充沛的心理储备，不过也有很久没有办法走出阴影，直子住院，渡边也只能尽力写信，讲生活趣事去鼓励她。
直子住院期间，玲子是病友，也告诉渡边，非常喜欢看他的信。
后来直子自杀，玲子出院后对渡边感慨，可惜那么多信，直子都烧毁了。渡边安慰，不要紧，你去异地工作生活，我也经常给你写信。
直子烧毁信件，也许期待她死后自己也能够看到，或者不喜欢其他人整理遗物窥看自己隐私，不过渡边腹有诗书，涉笔成趣，尤其是能够耐心倾听，不高谈阔论，能够把心理储备转化为 耐看的信件，这些都是他能够吸引直子、玲子包括初美原因所在。
此段末尾，他又在写信，告知直子，“木月已经离开两年多，我们都在成长，哭泣也不能回到从前，我不知道如何更好表达这件事情，但是我们同在一起，都能够理解这件难过的事情。”
不过直子目睹过亲姐姐自杀，后来这个从小到大的恋人木月自杀也是很大创伤，尽管 渡边耐心费劲一直在鼓励，但是还是难以挽回，渡边后来一度在直子去世后觉得怨恨：木月，你终究还是带走了她。
要演好渡边这个角色，要选取那种话少、爱沉思、内心充盈但是也不呆滞、眼目含情但是不泛滥的演员，这个电影的男主角还不错。