Olivia Newton answers “What was the point of the fish and leeches...”

Christy asked this question about Kafka on the Shore:

What was the point of the fish and leeches falling from the sky?? Are they symbolic for something? I have so many unanswered questions and I would love to discuss the book with someone!! Reply if you'd be interested? :-)

Olivia Newton

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Omar Mohammad I must say that i love the theory of the two worlds, but may i ask how did you come up with that idea?
Dec 20, 2015 11:00AM · flag

Olivia Newton I wasnt so creative to come up with this idea on my own. I saw the stage version of Kafka on the Shore by the 80 years old director Ninagawa. Seeing t ...more
Dec 20, 2015 03:55PM · flag

Megha his mother was the teacher that hit Nakata and therefore was waiting for Nakata to come to the forest. -- sorry I dont get it. You mean Miss Saeki was ...more
Jan 24, 2016 06:22AM · flag

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Kafka on the Shore

by Haruki Murakami

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