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Poorva Parashar asked this question about Kafka on the Shore:
WHY is this book so loved? I mean, I didn't gain anything out of it. I'm not asking this as an insult. I genuinely want to know what the special thing about this book is.
Linda Friesema Kafka on the Shore was sort of a twist of a modern day Hamlet mixed with a bit of Neil Gaiman type creative writing. I feel like Haruki Murakami is al…moreKafka on the Shore was sort of a twist of a modern day Hamlet mixed with a bit of Neil Gaiman type creative writing. I feel like Haruki Murakami is almost challenging you to see if you can move out of your comfort zone to be entertained by this book. While I was reading it a quote by Rumi kept popping into my head.
“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing
and rightdoing there is a field.
I'll meet you there.”

If you can read this book and not judge the characters and just sort of be a witness to it. It is really quite good.

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