![]() ![]() Combined, the two protagonists’ stories are like a bildungsroman in forward and reverse. Both characters are on Odyssean quests that are piloted by fate and haunted by echoes of the past. The young “Kafka” searches for his mother who abandoned him, and Nakata seeks his destiny as a conduit between different states of reality. Kafka on the Shore interweaves the stories of “Kafka” Tamura, a fifteen-year-old runaway and Nakata, an older man with magical gifts bestowed upon him after a near-death experience dating from his youth. Murakami manages to masterfully preserve a strong sense of narrative and readability despite his experimental techniques and complex explorations of fundamental themes. It is a sumptuous novel, layered with symbolism and literary references. As usual, Murakami provides his delighted readers with a unique experience in Kafka on the Shore. ![]()
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