Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami tells two connected stories. The 1st story follows a 15-year-old boy named Kafka who runs away from his home in Tokyo to escape his troubled past and seek answers about his mysterious family. And the 2nd story revolves around an elderly man named Nakata, who has lost his memory due to a strange accident in his childhood and possesses the ability to communicate with cats. As the story goes on, their lives start to cross in surprising ways, mixing together reality, dreams, and the supernatural. The book looks at themes like destiny, fate, memory, and finding oneself.
About the Author: Haruki Murakami is a renowned Japanese author known for his unique, magical realism, contemporary themes, and existential questions. His writing often features surreal elements and explores the intersections between the ordinary and the extraordinary. Murakami's works have gained international acclaim, and he has won numerous awards for his fiction. His major works include Norwegian Wood, Kafka on the Shore, 1Q84 and Men Without Women.
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka that tells the story of Gregor Samsa, a young man who wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into a giant insect. The story looks at how Gregor's sudden and strange change impacts his life, his family relationships, and their reactions to his new situation. It explores feelings of loneliness, being left out(alienation), and the difficulties of being misunderstood.
About the Author: Franz Kafka was a Czech writer, born in 1883, famous for his unique and often disturbing style. His works frequently explore themes of alienation, bureaucracy, and existential anxiety. Kafka's writing was not widely recognized during his lifetime, but he is now considered one of the most important figures in 20th-century literature. His major works include The Trial, The Castle, and The Metamorphosis.
Guys, last week I bought two novels online: Metamorphosis and Kafka on the Shore. I wanted to buy No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai, but I didn't because one edition was over my budget. There was a lower-priced edition available, but its reviews were poor, so instead of buying No Longer Human, I bought Kafka on the Shore.
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Quotation from Friedrich Nietzsche "He who wrestles long with monsters should beware lest he himself become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you. Man is not destroyed by suffering, but by the meaning he makes of it."
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Read the Kafka; own the Murakami. And you should read "No Longer Human". I was in Japan and found out I was living in the neighborhood he once lived in. Very dark, but illuminating, too!
Good work on the reviews. I like reading philosophical works. They get the mind working in many different ways.
Cool, do a review once you read them. The one about talking g to cats sounds interesting.