Norwegian Wood
Norwegian Wood is a novel that recounts the observations and memories of Toru Watanabe, specifically during his high-school and university years.
Its subjects are love, grief, death, and loneliness.
Death
Drunk
Drunk describes the effects alcohol has had on human civilisation. It covers the physiological, mental, psychologic/creative, and communal effects of alcohol, as well as its negative aspects. Slingerland keeps one foot in the scientific fields but his text is more for the general public.