Tag: Japanese Literature

Book Review, Classic, Japanese Literature, Novel

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami is a twin narrative of isolation and connection. While on a class trip to the mountains during the second world war, Nakata and his classmates fall into an inexplicable coma-like sleep. Their frantic teacher goes for help and returns to find that all of the students but Nakata have woken up. Weeks go by before Nakata wakes, but … Continue reading Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

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Book Review, Fiction, Japanese Literature, Novel, Translation

The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

  I’m going to be haunted by this book for some time and I don’t know why. I’m not really  sure what this book is about. I may not even know what really happens in the story but I keep thinking about it. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami tells the story of Toru Okada who is looking for his wife’s missing cat. But this is just a McGuffin, to borrow Hitchcock’s … Continue reading The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

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