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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This was such an unusual tale, so many themes, so much symbolism. I loved, but I'm not sure I could say why! (  ) judygreeneyes | Nov 8, 2009 |  I didn't have much expectations about this book, and didn't think it would be entertaining knowing that it dealt with some disturbing themes. However, i did enjoy the quick read. It is fast-paced, has some unforgettable characters, and intersperses nicely philosophical digs without sounding tedious. The seemingly separate stories in the beginning converge at some point and were interesting in themselves, however, after that, everything became very predictable. The two themes recurring throughout is that "everything is a metaphor" and " in dreams begin possibilities." It is through these lens that i think the novel should be seen --- otherwise, trying to make sense of the events and details will only frustrate...how to explain talking cats, fish and leeches raining from the sky, and multi-dimensional realities? (  ) deebee1 | Oct 30, 2009 | [En començar] Llibre deixat per Ogarin. En Murakami m'agrada molt, però em vaig empatxar. Quan vaig començar Crónica del Pájaro que da Cuerda al Mundo va ser massa per mi, no podia amb ell. Després d'uns quants mesos torno a provar amb aquest, i després d'un parell de capítols em sembla que he superat el meu empatx! Ole![En acabar] Hi ha comparances que sempre fan de mal fer, i més d'una vegada m'he hagut d'empassar les meves paraules, però allà va: aquest és el llibre del Murakami que més m'ha agradat pel moment, i el llistó era alt. No parlaré de com de bé escriu en Murakami (o tradueix la Lourdes Porta) perquè això ja és conegut. Si hagués de destacar 2 coses què m'han cridat l'atenció especialment (al lloro si no l'has llegit, que parlo del final): 1. No sé quan se l'ha comprat, però ara en Murakami té sentit de l'humor. 2. És molt debatible, però al meu entendre aquest llibre, acaba molt bé! (  ) membrillu | Oct 30, 2009 | [En començar] Llibre deixat per Ogarin. En Murakami m'agrada molt, però em vaig empatxar. Quan vaig començar Crónica del Pájaro que da Cuerda al Mundo va ser massa per mi, no podia amb ell. Després d'uns quants mesos torno a provar amb aquest, i després d'un parell de capítols em sembla que he superat el meu empatx! Ole![En acabar] Hi ha comparances que sempre fan de mal fer, i més d'una vegada m'he hagut d'empassar les meves paraules, però allà va: aquest és el llibre del Murakami que més m'ha agradat pel moment, i el llistó era alt. No parlaré de com de bé escriu en Murakami (o tradueix la Lourdes Porta) perquè això ja és conegut. Si hagués de destacar 2 coses què m'han cridat l'atenció especialment (al lloro si no l'has llegit, que parlo del final): 1. No sé quan se l'ha comprat, però ara en Murakami té sentit de l'humor. 2. És molt debatible, però al meu entendre aquest llibre, acaba molt bé! ( ) membrillu | Oct 30, 2009 | I can't help but compare this reading experience to The Wind Up Bird Chronicle, since that's the only other Murakami I've read so far. This one didn't pull me in as quickly or as deeply. The two main characters, Kafka Tamura and Mr. Nagata, were intriguing at the beginning, but I found myself wanting to spend more time on Nagata's story than Kafka's. Or perhaps the same amount of time on each - I felt that there were aspects of explanation that were missing from Nagata's story. His resolution was not satisfying to me at all. Overall, it was a good book, and I enjoyed the writing, but I don't think I'd recommend this one without reservations. (  ) ursula | Oct 24, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0099458322, Paperback)The opening pages of a Haruki Murakami novel can be like the view out an airplane window onto tarmac. But at some point between page three and fifteen--it's page thirteen in Kafka On The Shore--the deceptively placid narrative lifts off, and you find yourself breaking through clouds at a tilt, no longer certain where the plane is headed or if the laws of flight even apply.Joining the rich literature of runaways, Kafka On The Shore follows the solitary, self-disciplined schoolboy Kafka Tamura as he hops a bus from Tokyo to the randomly chosen town of Takamatsu, reminding himself at each step that he has to be "the world¹s toughest fifteen-year-old." He finds a secluded private library in which to spend his days--continuing his impressive self-education--and is befriended by a clerk and the mysteriously remote head librarian, Miss Saeki, whom he fantasizes may be his long-lost mother. Meanwhile, in a second, wilder narrative spiral, an elderly Tokyo man named Nakata veers from his calm routine by murdering a stranger. An unforgettable character, beautifully delineated by Murakami, Nakata can speak with cats but cannot read or write, nor explain the forces drawing him toward Takamatsu and the other characters. To say that the fantastic elements of Kafka On The Shore are complicated and never fully resolved is not to suggest that the novel fails. Although it may not live up to Murakami's masterful The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Nakata and Kafka's fates keep the reader enthralled to the final pages, and few will complain about the loose threads at the end. --Regina Marler (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:20 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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