![]() I think a reader can enjoy reading this book in two ways. I may not understand all the meanings that the book holds, but I can definitely sense the metaphysical weight of it. Other readers may not agree with me, but I drew many similarities between both men’s works (albeit this is my first Murakami novel). Miyazaki’s animated films also have that sinister, violent undercurrent that Murakami shows in bursts throughout the book. No Face, like Johnnie Walker, is also a spirit, rather than a soul inside a physical being. In my mind, the face and ensemble of Johnnie Walker were like those of “No Face” (or Kaonashi) in Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away. ![]() ![]() Reading the book felt more like reading a script for one of Hayao Miyazaki’s animated fantasy films. Let me start with “fantastical.” In this book, humans converse with cats, fish and leeches fall from the sky, and soldiers MIA from the time of World War II reappear alive and well. A few adjectives I would use to describe the book are: fantastical, metaphysical, suspenseful, gripping and inconclusive. So I finished “Kafka on the Shore” by Haruki Murakami this morning. ![]() As an addendum to my first post, I think this blog will serve as a place for me to collect and organize my thoughts, which are usually just jumbled up, mixed around and mashed together in my head. ![]()
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