#if someone has any kind of explanation for the grip Kafka has on Japanese writers plsss pls pls enlighten me
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there is no foreign author as influential to a group of people as Franz Kafka is to Japanese writers. It’s like Kafka is their special little guy.
#this thought has been brewing in my mind for about 7 years now#it must have something to do with murakami right? at least partially?#tho maybe I’m think that because the first time I stumbled across this question was when I read Tokyo Ghoul#because that has a LOT of Kafka references/influences but also a lot of direct mentions of murakami’s work#but aside from Murakami himself and Sui Ishida I’m also talking about Mr. Asagiri Kafka himself#game writers too kafka is goichi suda’s fave author I think & kojima has a prettyyy big Kafka reference with the odradek in death stranding#of course there are also a few 20th century authors who were influenced by his works#like sure there are a lot of people influenced by kafka’s work#I just think it’s very interesting how Japanese writers are the loudest about their love for kafka’s work#and I’m asking myself if there is anything comparable to the grip that Kafka has on Japanese writers#and how that even started?#if someone has any kind of explanation for the grip Kafka has on Japanese writers plsss pls pls enlighten me#sina’s rambling
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