#KafkaOnTheShore

[exploresmallworlds]

Book review 2024 pt

I‘m working on writing and every piece of writing advice really boils down to

JUST READ MORE

And while I’ve always had ongoing goal to read three books a month, over the last three months I’ve been reading outside of my comfort zone and many more books with my exit from social media. So I’d love to chat a little bit about them.

There are those that remind me that there is capacity for creating wonderful characters and descriptions that hook you. And there are books that are a bit of a slog to get through but its good to see where you could be as a writer, and the bad ones to be a stick in the arm to keep you motivated and writing.

Magnus archives - not a book per se but a bunch of audio stories, that explore the mundane horror that appears just out of view of people’s peripheral view. This is me running through the back catalogue and having a fun time with it.

I like Rusty Quill’s production and am making my way through some of their other production like Old Gods of Appalachia and The Program.

Relisten? Yes. Its such good quality that the spookiness is something I would like to explore as a writer

Kafka on the Shore - I wanted to like this and the description were so dreamy and literary that it was put into stark contrast the way that women are only designed to be part of the strictly heterosexual male gaze, which made me really feel icky and reminded me of my first encounter with Murakami.

Reread? Yes but only in passages.

This inspires me to engage with more Female Japanese writers because there might be something new to the table.

Novelist as a Vocation - made me think about being a writer and the use of holding out to write things down until I am ready to set them into the story because there is a power unleashed in out creati*vity.

That’s more or less a really important thing and it was part of the reason that I ended up finishing Kafka on the Shore when I got discouraged about the way the dreamy nature of the book got in the way of plotting and characterisation.

Reread? Yes but for more reviewing thoughts about writing,

When McKinsey Came to Town - reads like a novel, describes the way that consultancy groups are pursuit of profit and helping dubious people to escape regulation and taxation and their strangehold over sometimes the market competition. E.g. Tobacco, Oil and Gas interests etc. Props up a bunch of different unscrupulous regimes across the world. Very disturbing books, once I see their fingers can’t unsee it

Reread? Probably no, not because it isn’t good but it doesn’t need to be reviewed.

DNF Asimov Foundation.

There is a reason that tech billionares love this book because there are no real characters, cut out is a generous term. The setting is more interesting until you realise the author thought that appearance of politics was shameful and therefore needed to be excised in favour of scientific determinism. This sucked to much to finish and I have no interest in reading stuff that was truly this dismal in its descriptions

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What do I have in common with the Jews? I don't even have anything in common with myself. Nothing could better express the essence of Franz Kafka, a man described by his friends as living behind a glass wall. Kafka wrote in the tradition of the great Yiddish storytellers, whose stock-in-trade was bizarre fantasy tainted with hilarity and self-abasement. 

Publisher Name

Fantagraphics Books

Author Name

ROBERT CRUMB & DAVID ZANE MAIROWITZ

Format

Audio

Bisac Subject Major

CGN

Language

NG

Isbn 10

1560978066

Isbn 13

9781560978060

Target Age Group

min:NA, max:NA

Dimensions

00.85" H x 20.07" L x 10.00" W

Page Count

176

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[nightowlom]

“Every one of us is losing something precious to us. Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back again. That’s part of what it means to be alive.”

― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

#kafkaontheshore #harukimurakami

[thirstycrowsblog]

We're so caught up in our everyday lives that events of the past, like ancient stars that have burned out, are no longer in orbit around our minds.

But still, no matter how much time passes, no matter what takes place in the interim, there are some things we can never assign to oblivion, memories we can never rub away. They remain with us forever, like a touchstone.

Kafka on the shore

I prepared a playlist for all the songs that appeared in 'Kafka on the shore', I hope you all enjoy and listen.

[melancholic-academia]

"...metaphors can reduce the distance."

"We're not metaphors."

"I know, but metaphors help eliminate what separates you and me."

-excerpt from Kafka On the Shore by Haruki Murakami

[grateful-hopeful-dragonfly]

"Looking up at the dawn of stars at the bottom of a well was a special experience...as if my mind - my self - my very existence were firmly bonded through my narrow window to each one of those stars in the sky. I felt a deep sense of intimacy toward them: they were my stars, visible to no one but me in the dark well. I embraced them as my own, and they in turn showered me with a kind of energy and warmth." - Haruki Murakami, translated from Japanese by Jay Rubin

📚 Loving Sir Haruki Murakami's books more and more, now I know why he's one of the most well-known authors today (feeling a bit disappointed that I only began reading his books now). There's just something so unique and profound in the way he writes; the way he effortlessly describes scenes that somehow directly tugs at your deepest thoughts and emotions. There's always something both abstract and concrete in his statements and narrations; that at times, I find myself rereading the lines to make more sense of them. Can't think of a better word to describe his writing, really.

P.S. Thank you and kudos as well to the translators of his books. 💚

[livreperdu1]

Happy Sunday friends! I’m back home after a month and I must say, I missed my books 📚and my plants 🪴! I feel recharged and motivated to read more ( especially non-fiction) and learn more! How about you? Did you go on a vacation this March? . . . . . . #harukimurakami #kafkaontheshore #darkacademia #darkacademiaaesthetic #lightacademia #darkacademiavibes https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb494ycLxz8/?utm_medium=tumblr

[icraveforaesthetic]

[kafka-without-his-shore]

"Your heart is like a great river after a long spell of rain, spilling over its banks. All signposts that once stood on the ground are gone, inundated and carried away by the rush of water. And still the rain beats down on the surface of the river. Every time you see a flood like that on the news you tell yourself: That's it. That's my heart."

-Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

[studybl-u-rr-ed]

"There are many things we only see clearly in retrospect." - Miss Saeki, Kafka on the Shore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #bookstagram #bookstagramph #books #harukimurakami #kafkaontheshore #bookblr #bookblrph https://www.instagram.com/p/CPUfzull6Rt/?utm_medium=tumblr

[cactusandsunflower]

Memories warm you up from inside. But they also tear you apart.

- Kafka on the Shore

[shuuen-no-cimory]

When I was in highschool, I used to read lots of Murakami's novel and did made some fan-interpretation of the characters. And here's one of my fave design, "A boy named Crow" from "Kafka on The Shore" #HarukiMurakami #KafkaOnTheShore #Crow #ABoyNamedCrow https://www.instagram.com/p/CAbUrGRhxxW/?igshid=nfpkib942gh2

[lifewithpunija]

“It’s all a question of imagination. Our responsibility begins with the power to imagine.” -Haruki Murakami in Kafka on the shore.

Imagine yourself running in a maze. You are confused, dishearten, unaware of the trails. You are curtailed at every turn you take. You keep pushing yourself and at one point, midway, everything makes sense. You comprehend the purpose of this enigma. When you reach the end and look back, you find yourself filled with metaphysical experiences that have changed your perceptions for everything.

This is what "Kafka On The Shore" is. A freaking labyrinth. You enter hoping to have good reading time. And first few 100s of pages, you are confused. You keep solving riddles. Still, you proceed, never give up. Not even think about it. You can't abandon this book. It pulls you to graze it. And not even once you can predict the climax.

What's more interesting is after reading this magical script, you have a changed perception of everything. And when someone asks you to explain this book, you are blank. "Have I not read it thoroughly?" You ask yourself. Try discussing it with someone else who has read it and you'll be amused by the difference in interpretations. That's the liberty you get. The character description in the book is beyond beautiful. It word-for-word feels as though you are dwelling in that world with those very characters, watching them do stuff.

And the two leads, Kafka(though not Kafka) and the aged woman( maybe the mother), their bond, the parallel unspooling of their lives, everything is phenomenal. My God!

Thank you, @haruki_murakami_ , for this enchanted realm of "Umibe no Kafuka" and Philip Gabriel for deciphering it so effectively for the world to encounter this miracle.

💖💖💖💖💖/5

[isaquietniche]

It hits me hard.

[the-i-tried-series]

I tried drawing ...

[melancholic-academia]

"There's no war that will end all wars. War grows within war. Lapping up the bloodshed by violence, feeding on wounded flesh. War is a perfect, self-contained being."

-Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami