This week, Sam, James and Eyad decode Kafka on the Shore and discuss it as a story of trauma. Join us on Reddit where we tackle this and other questions from the novel: https://www.reddit.com/r/CanonicalPod/comments/haea0g/contemporary_japanese_fiction/
References
Possibly an English Translation of the Shinchosha Kafka on the Shore Q&A http://www.harukimurakami.com/q_and_a/questions-for-haruki-murakami-about-kafka-on-the-shore
“What’s Up With Bad Sex In Murakami?” https://metropolisjapan.com/sex-haruki-murakami/
Men Writing Women Subreddit http://www.reddit.com/r/menwritingwomen/
This is the second novel in our Postmodern Japanese Fiction series. Want to read along and join our discussion? Join our book club on Reddit here: https://www.reddit.com/r/CanonicalPod
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