If Alice in Wonderland delighted you as a child, it's time for your grown-up self to explore the surreal and addictive novels of Haruki Murakami. In Kafka on the Shore, Kafka Tamura runs away from home at the age of fifteen. He begins his journey in a plausible reality that quickly turns into a spellbinding tale of parellel worlds. The sense of disorientation created in the reader adds much to the magical and dreamlike quality of the story . . .
(Sharron Calkins - bwl 100 Spring 2021 ) |