Kafka on the Shore
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Kafka on the Shore
| Author | Haruki Murakami |
|---|---|
| Published | 2002 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Murakami’s two braided stories — Kafka Tamura, a bookish fifteen-year-old running from a curse framed in Oedipal terms, and Satoru Nakata, an old man who lost his memory as a child and can talk to cats — winner of the World Fantasy Award in 2006. |
Kafka on the Shore
Where I heard about it
- The a16z infrastructure team — on the a16z Infra Reading List, third of four titles under its Murakami entry in the Fantasy section, describing him as a writer who pulls you into “elaborate, bizarre stories” and makes the protagonist’s confusion your own.
About this edition
Philip Gabriel’s English translation was named one of the New York Times’ ten best books of 2005.
Connections
- a16z Infra Reading List — the list this came from; Fantasy section, Murakami author entry.
- Haruki Murakami — the author.
- Norwegian Wood — first of the four selected works.
- The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle — second of the four.
- 1Q84 — fourth of the four.
- a16z — the firm whose infrastructure team curates the list.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.