In addition, Kafka creates for himself an alter ego called Crow, whom he consults when confronted with a problem or a question. Nakata accepts a lift from Hoshino, a commercial truck driver, who continues to assist Nakata. Kafka receives help and advice from the librarian Oshima who works at a magnificent private library. The chapters of the novel alternate (more or less) between the parallel stories of fifteen year old runaway Kafka (a name he chooses for himself) Tamura, and of an old man, Nakata. Where does one start reviewing a novel that offers so much? It brims with Greek mythology, Japanese and Western literature, Western music, and it explores several ideas.
I hadn't intended a re-read, and indeed I had forgotten that I had read this novel, (it’s not your writing, but my failing memory!) but as soon as I started reading I remembered, and I simply could not put the book down.
Mr Murakami, I'm delighted that I found my way back to your writing.
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