Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami: fate and destiny
The Novel Tea · Shruti Koti, Neha Ambati
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Show Notes
Warning: NSFW because this book was very, very weird. Shruti and Neha talk about fate and destiny, Freud, and the spiritual realm, and also throw some shade on the book’s flat and uninspired female characters.
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Links:
Mieko Kawakami interviews Murakami about his female characters
Shelf Discovery:
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Neha - Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Shruti - The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster; The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
*Content warning: this episode contains references to incest and rape as they appear in the book.
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