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Kafka on the Shore is the most approachable Murakami novel I've read to date. Since it's an older classic, I'll keep my comments brief. There's not a lot to be said about this wonderful book that dozens of reviewers before me haven't already said.
Kafka on the Shore a dream-like coming-of-age tale that interweaves levels of meaning. Where characters become symbols... and tell you that they're symbols. Most often when this happens in postmodern literature, it's eye-rolly. It's the author being to ...more
Kafka on the Shore a dream-like coming-of-age tale that interweaves levels of meaning. Where characters become symbols... and tell you that they're symbols. Most often when this happens in postmodern literature, it's eye-rolly. It's the author being to ...more
Brilliant! I loved this book as much as I hoped to. I expect a few of these characters will live long in my imagination.
One of Murakami's best. There is no character that you don't grow to love but also respectfully fear.
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