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   Sep 1, 2002 · Kafka on the Shore, a tour de force of metaphysical reality, 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 sister; and an aging simpleton called Nakata, who never recovered from a wartime affliction and now ...

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   Jan 24, 2005 · BOOK REVIEW. by. Two mysterious quests form the core of Murakami’s absorbing seventh novel, whose encyclopedic breadth recalls his earlier successes, A Wild Sheep Chase (1989) and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (1997).

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   Kafka on the Shore is Murakami’s best novel yet, outshining The Wind Up Bird Chronicle and Hard Boiled Wonderland[...] by combining an intriguing, page-turning storyline with absurdly profound metaphysical and postmodern philosophy.

5. www.nytimes.com › 2005/02/06 › books'Kafka on the Shore': Reality's Cul-de-Sacs

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   Feb 6, 2005 · KAFKA ON THE SHORE By Haruki Murakami. Translated by Philip Gabriel. 436 pp. Alfred A. Knopf. $25.95. It is easier to be bewitched by Haruki Murakami's fiction than to figure out how he...

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   Jan 16, 2005 · Haruki Murakami’s new novel, “Kafka on the Shore” (translated, from the Japanese, by Philip Gabriel; Knopf; $25.95), is a real page-turner, as well as an insistently metaphysical...

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   Kafka on the Shore demonstrates Murakami's typical blend of popular culture, mundane detail, magical realism, suspense, humor, an involved plot, and potent sexuality. It also features an increased emphasis on Japanese religious traditions, particularly Shinto.

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   How much is Kafka on the shaft by Haruki Murakami?

   • KAFKA ON THE SHORE By Haruki Murakami. Translated by Philip Gabriel. 436 pp. Alfred A. Knopf. $25.95. It is easier to be bewitched by Haruki Murakami's fiction than to figure out how he accomplishes the bewitchment. His novels -- in America, the best known is probably "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" -- lack the usual devices of suspense.

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   Who wrote Kafka on the shore?

   • Kafka on the Shore (海辺のカフカ, Umibe no Kafuka) is a 2002 novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. Its 2005 English translation was among "The 10 Best Books of 2005" from The New York Times and received the World Fantasy Award for 2006.

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   Is Kafka on the shore a good book?

   • Extravagant in its accomplishment, Kafka on the Shore displays one of the world's truly great storytellers at the height of his powers. I thought this was a marvelous novel, although I'm not sure that I entirely understood it. The upside is that I'm not the only one, it seems that even Murakami had trouble understanding it!

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   What does Kafka at the shore feel like?

   • But "Kafka at the Shore," like all of Murakami's fiction, doesn't feel distant or artificial. Murakami is like a magician who explains what he's doing as he performs the trick and still makes you believe he has supernatural powers.

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   Is Haruki Murakami a good narrator?

   • It is easier to be bewitched by Haruki Murakami's fiction than to figure out how he accomplishes the bewitchment. His novels -- in America, the best known is probably "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" -- lack the usual devices of suspense. His narrators tend to be a bit passive, and the stakes in many of his shaggy-dog plots remain obscure.

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   What is Murakami's 7th novel?

   • A masterpiece, entirely Nobel-worthy. Two mysterious quests form the core of Murakami’s absorbing seventh novel, whose encyclopedic breadth recalls his earlier successes, A Wild Sheep Chase (1989) and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (1997).

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9. butfirstkafka.com › 2021/02/16 › review-kafka-on-theReview: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

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   Feb 16, 2021 · As their paths converge, acclaimed author Haruki Murakami enfolds readers in a world where cats talk, fish fall from the sky, and spirits slip out of their bodies to make love or commit murder, in what is a truly remarkable journey. Genre: magical realism, fantasy Rating: 1/5 stars