As usual, Murakami provides his delighted readers with a unique experience in Kafka on the Shore. It is sumptuous novel, layered with symbolism and literary references. Murakami manages to masterfully preserve a strong sense of narrative and readability despite his experimental techniques and compl...
A dear friend of mine suggested this book , so i thought "why not?" summary : Kafka on the Shore is powered by two remarkable characters: a teenage boy, Kafka Tamura, who runs away from home either to escape a gruesome oedipal prophecy or to search for his long-missing mother and sist...
Kafka on the shore is a labyrinth itself but in the end the crow gathers it all and leads the reader to the clue : " this world is a metaphor ". besides tens of symbols , this novel bears hundred of hidden and mystical messages and paradoxes .recommended for expert readers .
I can't get enough of Mr. Murakami. This is more of a 4-star but his books are so far out there...I can't describe. Let me just say one character talks to cats. Nothing is what it seems in Murakami's world and I know I miss a lot (if not most) symbolism but his writing and characters are beautiful.
When I read the summary of this book, I thought that it would be weird. Nothing prepared me though for this bizarre journey it turned out to be. Kafka on the Shore begun as a coming-of-age novel, but by the end of it I was not actually convinced that it was. On one side, Kafka Tamura is a fif...
The strangest book I've ever read. I honestly cannot even tell you what the point of this book was. I was so confused and really didn't understand the hype. Plus there was a really disturbing part about decapitating cats. Not. My. Thing.
I hate Murakami, I know this already from trying to read 1Q84 and The Wind Up Bird Chronicle. I hate his sex scenes, his preoccupation with sexualizing teenager and prepubescent girls, his protagonists being obvious self-inserts fucking women he wishes he could fuck in real life, the fact his charac...
I don't really know what to make out of this book. It is magical realism and kind of surrealist. It seems as if it is trying to say something, but what is not exactly clear. Everything in it is ambiguous and it feels like a dreamscape. The scenes in it are good as are the characters. The writing is ...
Of all the books I have ever been forced to read in school, this is the only one that I genuinely loved and got really into. Yes I still didn't understand every single thing about this book but I was left so completely satisfied and calm afterwards. I can definitely see why people dislike/hate/loath...
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