Why should you read “Kafka on the Shore”? - Iseult Gillespie

Follow the entwined destinies of Kafka and Nakata in Haruki Murakami’s mind-bending novel “Kafka on the Shore.”

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Desperate to escape his tyrannical father and the family curse he feels doomed to repeat, Haruki Murakami’s teenage protagonist renames himself “Kafka” after his favorite author and runs away from home. So begins “Kafka on the Shore”— an epic literary puzzle filled with time travel, hidden histories and magical underworlds. Iseult Gillespie dives into Murakami’s mind-bending and whimsical novel.

Lesson by Iseult Gillespie, directed by Cabong Studios.

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[OxfordCommaEducation]

It's the type of book that once you finish it, you need to talk to someone about what just went on - and here we all are. Sometimes the internet is great.

[charlenewong]

My favorite line from the book "Silence is something you can actually hear."

[Freiheit]

This is one of the most vivid books I've ever read. I'll never forget the scenes and imagery portrayed in this book.

[arundhatisharmas]

The bromance between Mr nakata and Hoshino was precious 😄❤️😅

[jess]

Damn, I just started reading this book yesterday, it's already pretty damn epic. Please do more 'why should you read" videos, they're awesome.

[marissacommey]

This book saved my life. I read it as a sophomore in college at a time when I thought my life was falling hindsight, it was coming together.

[ruisenoir]

Murakami has been there for me, several times. I gave him the nobel, long time ago for norwegian wood.

[janecc]

Seeing a Ted-Ed for Murakami's work makes me feel honored to have been reading his work and living the same lifetime as him.

[nisa]

My favourite author of all time! Murakami has a way to capture a dream-like yet gloomy intrinsic self discovery. He has a way to engage us in a very peculiar way of thinking. That is what I love about him 🖤

[aamna]

I finally finished this book and now the only thing I want to do is to find someone to rant about how amazing and comforting Oshima's character is 😭

[eevonne]

My favourite line from the book is "Cause if you take every single person who lacks much imagination seriously, there's no end to it" - so relatable in society now.

[hsryu]

The animation was great as always but the sound design was so good.

[Helvetica]

Currently reading The Wind Up Bird Chronicle. Murakami really has a thing for cats

[vickhs]

This is the book that made me discover Beethoven's "Archduke Trio", which to this day is still one of my favorite classical pieces. One of the many reasons why I hold this book very dear to my heart.

[bentooh]

I've been rereading this book for the past 6 years since my late teens and every new year I reread it it means so differently in the various points of my life. When I had my first job as a teen, when my dad died and I lost my scholarship, when I was able to go back to school, when I had to quit because of stress related health problems, and when I was finally trying to make a career as an illustrator. Kafka on the Shore really gave me a strange way to look at my life and what I was doing with it. It gave me a strange optimism every time I finished it. Please let yourself get lost in the narrative and find a different version of the person you try to become every time. Take care. Have a nice day!

[aokigaharuki]

OMG I REALLY LOVE THIS BOOK! 3-4 years ago this book changed the way I think. I really recommend it.

[BatShadows]

this would be epic animated as a Ghibli movie

[tanayrishu]

I just picked up this book 3 weeks ago from a store just because I wanted to read a story based in Japan...didn't know it would be such a joy ride

[saumyasharma]

I just finished this book a minute ago. Such a calm ending. A masterpiece

[vishualee]

there was a moment which took me in...when Kafka is in the forest. It felt real.