[KIBS] Finished: KAFKA ON THE SHORE by Haruki Murakami
- From: Mike <mike@xxxxxxxx>
- To: KIBS Literary Treehouse <KIBS@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 17:26:06 +0100
* Mike wrote on 2019-08-11 12:18 +0100:
Started reading KAFKA ON THE SHORE by Haruki Murakami on 2019-08-08.
Finished reading KAFKA ON THE SHORE by Haruki Murakami today 2019-08-17.
I hated this a little less than the others, but I still hated it.
It's standard issue Murakami: a directionless male protagonist who
somehow finds himself irresistible women. This one is, apparently,
15-years-old but speaks and acts like every other 30-something Murakami
protagonist. Every character talks in long-winded bouts of exposition
and cod-philosophy. Everyone listens to, and talks about, classical or
jazz music.
Somewhat unusual about this one: it has a split narrative that cuts
between two sets of characters. Sadly, Murakami buggers it up. He
manages to make the appearance of Deep South chicken magnate Colonel
Sanders both boring and irritating. He squanders him as a
guide-cum-pimp for an old man and a truck-driver on a bullshit mystical
adventure.
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MIKE, KIBS Member #2
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