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

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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.
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@OxfordCommaEducation 4 года назад

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.

@krishnadathmishra8784 4 года назад

Sometimes.

@EvilSapphireR 4 года назад

More like you search on the internet "Kafka on the shores explained" and these videos pop up. 😂

@OxfordCommaEducation 4 года назад

@@EvilSapphireR Haha, that too! There is a reason I use "explain" in the title of all my videos about short stories.

@supealarvge 4 года назад

YESS THIS! I desperately needed to talk to someone about it and I found this video

@OxfordCommaEducation 4 года назад

@@supealarvge Congrats on finishing it! Although, it's not too hard to keep reading once you get started. I'm hoping to tackle IQ84 sometime this year.

@charlenewong9116 3 года назад

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

@foodlover866 3 года назад

What does this line mean?

@HAL--gb6uf 3 года назад

@@foodlover866 It means you can feel the emptiness around I think

@foodlover866 3 года назад

@@HAL--gb6uf ok thanks

@sarojinibirua1037 3 года назад

Mine too

@foodlover866 3 года назад

@@sarojinibirua1037 What?

@arundhatisharma5458 3 года назад

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

@genghiskhan7691 2 года назад

It was more of a grandpa/grandson bond

@rtk334 2 года назад

And Nakata being innocent was like......I am not so bright😅

@diwan19 2 года назад

Man how i wanted Nakata to wake up at the end...💔

@mysteriousgaming473 2 года назад

Yuppp

@suzuha-hq2kg 2 года назад

@Freiheit1232 4 года назад

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

@KhoaNguyen-rk9dz 4 года назад

for me, especially the humping

@caterinaversari9871 4 года назад

Whenever I think of Murakami I think of raining leeches. That scene is stuck in my mind jajaja

@grannyru8730 4 года назад

Strangely enough, this is the only book that when I try to remember it i remember vivid scenes like trying to remember a dream, usually when I remember books I remember the written scenes but not in the way I remember murakami's work

@harramkhan5112 3 года назад

Old Bull Lee Me too.

@THX-bz8bi 3 года назад

Whats your thoughts on 1Q84?

@garyjennison5879 4 года назад

This book is basically text-based LSD

@amankodimela8499 4 года назад

I tell u this comment will get a lot of likes

@ozeppeo 4 года назад

Okay, you convinced me to read it.

@mohdyaser 4 года назад

It's pretty much like that, and I loved it

@bayanm.3564 4 года назад

What is LSD????

@mollywantshugs5944 4 года назад

Bayan Mahadeen a drug known for causing extremely intense hallucinations and for causing permanent brain damage.

@marissacommey2670 4 года назад

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

@seifahmad9583 4 года назад

Hope you get over ur sadness

@marissacommey2670 4 года назад

@@seifahmad9583 Thank you! I have, that was about 7 years ago, I've healed since then💚

@putridsoebagjo 3 года назад

Is it that good? My life is falling apart right now, so i plan to pick up a book to calm myself. I hope this is it.

@marissacommey2670 3 года назад

@@putridsoebagjo Hi Putri. It is. It's a bit abstract though. So if you're at a point in your life where you're looking for more simple encouragement try The Alchemist-Paulo Coelho Love to you on your journey💚

@fatiraaureliatarigan8579 3 года назад

@@marissacommey2670 The alchemist is the first English novel I've ever read and I love it so very much! (My first language is not English) my sophomore year was also a hard time for me, one might say I was in rock bottom. I'm only in my junior year at the moment. It's a relief to know someone else had gone through a similar experience as me. I hope you're doing well too at the moment :)

@jess8847 4 года назад

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.

@polymorpheteen5046 4 года назад

I started reading it 15 days before , where u at ?

@jess8847 4 года назад

@@polymorpheteen5046 chapter 29

@nvericks617 4 года назад

Can you guys leave me a link to the online PDF, if there's any?

@ulli.7054 4 года назад

I AM READING IT NOW

@thettproject4534 4 года назад

Hold on, it gets worse 😂

@ruisenoir 4 года назад

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

@hazelruiz7684 4 года назад

Me too. Norwegian Wood was THE ONE 💙💙💙💙

@mywin_8275 4 года назад

Absolutely devoured that book

@erikpersson8688 4 года назад

Norwegian Wood was my first Murakami novel and I loved it!

@art_of_bayar 4 года назад

Could you please tell me why did you like Norwegian wood?

@ovijeetsengupta9983 4 года назад

Isn't it good, Norwegian wood?

@dimitomo 4 года назад

I'm calling it now. Murakami's winning the Nobel Prize in Literature within the next five years

@therealfirelord3359 4 года назад

A lot of people already want him to win this year. After Ishiguro won, he got really popular because of the increased attention to Japanese literature. I wouldn't be surprised if he won either.

@TheChriswood1 4 года назад

You've only got 2 years left to be right. Time's running out. Just realised it was posted 3 days ago not 3 years ago 🙈🙈 He completely deserves the Nobel though.

@joeljamtig6199 4 года назад

@@TheChriswood1 bro he only said it 3 days ago.

@shreiya 4 года назад

Chris what?? 😂😂😂

@TheChriswood1 4 года назад

@@shreiya I completely lost the plot, I read it as having been posted 3 years ago 😂😂

@nisa2115 4 года назад

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 🖤

@indonesianguy5192 4 года назад

Wow, where are you from? Did you read his novels in english or bahasa?

@yasserelblacy8037 4 года назад

Same here

@nisa2115 4 года назад

@@indonesianguy5192 in english.

@DemonRuby 4 года назад

Same. I love the feeling I get when I read his books, it can't be described by words..

@doaadarwish7261 4 года назад

Do you recommend another novel for him other than this one I tried reading 1q84 but I don't know.. it didn't capture me as Kafka did should I continue it ? or do you recommend something else

@janecc6156 4 года назад

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.

@abhilasha9608 4 года назад

same!

@OFFICIALFUNUSBAND 3 года назад

lame.. better be honored for something that you made with dedication.

@dragoda 2 года назад

Read 1q84 and thank me later. Well done Ted!

@callumfisher8101 2 года назад

Yes. Murakami is a classic author in the making…if he isn’t one already.

@aamna2452 2 года назад

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 😭

@mewcata 2 года назад

IKR he's the sweetest!! he was my favorite character since the start.

@redbloodbluemoon1423 2 года назад

Oshima and Nakata are the sweetest boys. I love them. ❤️❤️

@noahsolomon1550 Год назад

Facts

@noemisarahhuber1442 6 месяцев назад

SAME SAME SAME SAME SAME I just cried reading the last few pages because I realised with finishing the book Oshima is no longer in my life

@eevonne7514 2 года назад

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.

@jayatejgowda 3 месяца назад

Mine too 😊

@oishi5518 Месяц назад

Oshima's whole speech there is heart touching.I kept coming back to it

@wardaniadrian1392 Месяц назад

Oshima are just there to give us so many powerfull, and relatable speech about literally everything, and i love that.

@BatShadows96 3 года назад

this would be epic animated as a Ghibli movie

@sabrinas1554 3 года назад

agreed oh my god

@jannaalexandra8921 3 года назад

I literally imagined it that way.. especially how the forest would look!!

@saraweeknds 3 года назад

Reading the first library scene takes me to that idea too

@Kevin-mz3gp 3 года назад

how would they censor some of the scenes thoo

@preethirajan4938 3 года назад

Exactly, I had this in my mind 🤩 Would be a terrific combo 😍

@Helvetica09 4 года назад

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

@myranissagallegos3451 4 года назад

Agree! He really has something for cat. He also mentioned a Cat Town in 1Q84.

@lordx4641 4 года назад

All japanese have

@sweetcoffee2458 4 года назад

I think he has an adorable "theme" going on

@lordx4641 4 года назад

@@sweetcoffee2458 how to develop reading habit?

@Aria-ej6qm 4 года назад

Yesss😂😂

@bentooh2371 4 года назад

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!

@lilacfairies 2 года назад

proud of you, stranger!

@shinnysstar 2 года назад

I really impressed by this comment 💗

@shine6353 2 года назад

wow :0

@vaishk6813 2 года назад

How are you doing now?? Is everything okay?

@neharay9106 2 года назад

More power to you..!

@hsryu5569 4 года назад

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

@MatheusWitt 4 года назад

@naomigray575 4 года назад

I replayed the video just because the music was so interesting!

@vishualee 4 года назад

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

@benzar451 4 года назад

same experience... the imagery was unforgettable

@sweetcoffee2458 4 года назад

I'm guessing we all have a different picture of the same forest.

@abhiramips 4 года назад

Oh yes. I felt like I really lived that experience.

@9888565407 4 года назад

Hows the book ?

@TheShapingSickness 4 года назад

@@9888565407 I wouldn't recommend

@tanayrishu 4 года назад

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

@tanayrishu 4 года назад

Will have to for sure

@asadattayyem2637 4 года назад

Lucky you! Are you a Japanese?

@tanayrishu 4 года назад

@@asadattayyem2637 No, I love the culture and it does help to gain a new perspective on the world...I watch a lot of foreign films too

@milliecevallos7756 4 года назад

The first one I read from Haruki was 1q84. I highly recommend it

@lordx4641 4 года назад

@@tanayrishu thank u i also read ur bagwat gita and it changed my ideology and how i look at this world or should i say cosmos

@vickhs 4 года назад

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.

@sangayzambaengstudiescohor4341 3 года назад

I still thank him for what little sense of appreciation that I have got for classical music.

@aokigaharuki 4 года назад

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

@trungduong4040 4 года назад

Yes, I read it when I was a high school student. Totally love it!

@lemonhaze1506 4 года назад

Yusuf Seçkin May I ask in what way does it change your way of thinking?

@Aisyah-sr2dk 4 года назад

@@lemonhaze1506 i wonder that too

@nyancat6154 4 года назад

@@trungduong4040 same here Vietnamese pal!

@nyancat6154 4 года назад

@@lemonhaze1506 he started to talk with cat I suppose

@saumyasharma6790 3 года назад

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

@rajeswariravi7 2 года назад

Is this book kind of dark? I'm a bit scared to read this.

@saumyasharma6790 2 года назад

@@rajeswariravi7 dark? nope. i don't think I would call it dark. yeah it keeps you occupied with all the surreal things happening but it's not dark. so don't worry, go ahead with this book :)

@amikakitchen2692 Год назад

I think so too! The end message kind of tied everything for me ; running away from your problems won't fix them .

@cliterally 6 месяцев назад

It gave me chills a lot of times. there are a couple of dark themes explored but nothing too scary

@basakkaratas__ 3 года назад

That genderless character in the book changes something in my world. I was looking for something but couldn't find anything and that character, with just one page, gave me what am I looking for, for ages. I can't describe how grateful to him I am.

@sonnenblume2720 3 года назад

Loved that part too! I was like huh? Love it when the next page blows your mind ❤️❤️❤️❤️📄 but i didn't understand the end, thats why iam looking at all the videos haha

@genghiskhan7691 2 года назад

what genderless character? Wasn't Oshima trans?

@coo-4881 2 года назад

@@genghiskhan7691 i dont think they were "trans"

@bums009 2 года назад

@@coo-4881 Can't simply be androgynous without changing one's gender these days...

@greasyboi3154 Год назад

@@coo-4881 his pronouns were clearly he, i don't see the point of using they when it's clear he identifies as a trans man

@PhoenixDown13 4 года назад

Though I liked 1Q84 and Wind-up Bird Chronicles, Kafka on the Shore and Norwegian Wood are my runaway favorites from Murakami.

@ayn9298 4 года назад

Phoenix Down i highly agree with you.

@poing_poing 4 года назад

Is it just me or did anyone else feel like the ending of 1Q84 was not satisfactory?

@dr.s.choudhury8089 4 года назад

I am not a big fan of Magical realism and have a hard time relating to it hence I had avoided Murakami until now. I want to read Murakami now. Any suggestion as to which Murakami novel I should start with?

@shaneperez3804 4 года назад

Dr. S. Choudhury norwegian wood and the colorless life of tsukuru tazaki

@denniszenanywhere 3 года назад

@@dr.s.choudhury8089 I used to be a big fan of magical realism but as I grew older, I lost interest in it. I don’t know if this is common as I became more interested in books with more pressing issues.

@soloking3735 3 года назад

I borrowed this book from my high school library during my last semester, thought I should give it a read since the subway rides were long and boring. Am telling you, from the moment I started reading the book I always looked forward to the trip back home every day, not because I wanted to get home early, but just to enjoy my precious time reading this masterpiece on the train. Plus I always listened to beautiful osts while reading, so it felt like I was watching a movie , I enjoyed reading this book!

@rupeshbardiya7030 2 года назад

What kind of ost you listen. Please recommend some

@user-uu1we7db2i 2 года назад

@@rupeshbardiya7030 personally I enjoyed listening to this one especially in the forest scenes ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rWEI9y6PElo.html&ab_channel=shouldbeasleep ! and this one ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YEgmpe8nToU.html&ab_channel=shouldbeasleep

@ErikJonte123 3 года назад

I just finished the book and my interpretation is that the whole story is a metaphor for people finding themselves. Either finding what they ones lost or finding what they haven't found yet, or maybe both at the same time. What do you guys think? BTW I found this song, The Calm I Feel With You by Comet Blue, while reading the book. The song really fits the book so I recommend you guys listen to it while reading. The piano in the song is also what I imagine Miss Saeik's piano playing sounds like.

@snuance 3 года назад

Great song recommendation!

@Ms05Anki 3 года назад

Thanks bro. Loved it!

@kunslipper 3 года назад

thx bro. I also recommended the same kind of the songs just search "post rock"

@kunslipper 3 года назад

@M.H. Rafid ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-j7JMGDH1_Hs.html

@aidenpearce9066 2 года назад

What more interesting is that, the fact that Kafka and Nakata never meet each other but tied along the story making them look like a single entity, the irony Oshima who's always there for Kafka, and also Hoshino who's always there for Nakata didn't even get closed into the interellation of both characters

@alishafarhadiba 3 года назад

i just finished reading this book two days ago. this book is so vivid yet so bizarre but i didnt question any of it, like what happened in that book is normal and i just go with the flow of the journey without questioning anything. and i enjoyed it, the journey.

@sonnenblume2720 3 года назад

I finished the book today, but i don't get the end. Or should i look at the book, like you said, without questioning it? But what about his father/mother/sister? 🤔

@esra_4395 4 года назад

This book is living in my head quietly without even I realizing it. Whenever I see something which has passed in the book, just as a fish, I remember the book. I just can't forget anything about it. It's a masterpiece

@osse1n 4 года назад

*"Storm transforms a life"* Storm being adversities and tribulations. Overcoming them makes you evolve and gain wisdom,

@seinapenaflorida2785 4 года назад

I saw you again 😊 Been seeing your comments on almost every videos i watched haha

@zetovidillard 4 года назад

@@seinapenaflorida2785 same 😂

@jasminee493 Год назад

This is the best book I've ever read. It's so sad to notice how Murakami's works are criticised just because of their surrealism. In my opinion, surrealism is what makes Murakami different from other writers: it puts you in a position in which you HAVE to think to actually understand. I also loved it for its multiple metaphorical interpretations

@BloodAniron 4 года назад

Thank you for mentioning Oshima. I love that character idky.

@matilde_5 3 года назад

Same, he’s my favorite out of the characters in Kafka’s “part” of the story

@junenaya2736 3 года назад

Yah him and hoshino are my favorites

@sanskrutidas2965 3 года назад

I really thought they had chemistry.Him and Oshima.

@matilde_5 3 года назад

DOCTOR WOKE Yaa Hoshino too, my boi

@sinead5089 2 года назад

@@sanskrutidas2965 yes!! i was really excited for my two favorite characters to meet each other and i was surprised by their chemistry

@samiraiscool03 2 года назад

This book felt like a fever dream. Wish I could read it for the first time again. Lonely main charachters, mysterious women, jazz, and of course cats. Typical Murakami. Captivating captivating captivating.

@Richardseven75491 3 года назад

I read 5 chapters, I have honestly never read something so refreshing, the author has some technique to make words look good together, made me fall into the story world so quickly

@birsensuuu 2 года назад

Kafka on the Shore is one of my all-time favorites. After reading this, Murakami has become one of my favorite authors. I highly recommend Men Without Women and Hear the Wind Sing, they are great books too.

@propaghosh3045 4 года назад

Finally!! Oh God I love this book! Thank you so much TedEd! As always, beautiful analysis with stunning animation! Please keep them coming💙

@akankshasharma943 3 года назад

What i love about his writing is that he writes in such vivid details as if things are happening in front of u

@Dino38510 3 года назад

I'd really be interested to see some Ted takes on other classic Japanese literature and the lives of the real authors behind it. I always hear about Osamu Dazai's "No Longer Human" and "The Setting Sun", Soseki Natsume's "Kokoro" or "I am a Cat", or the other short stories by Ango Sakaguchi or Ryunosuke Akutagawa.

@DemonRuby 4 года назад

One of my favourite books of my favourite author! I have read it several times and each time it felt like the first time. The surreal feeling you get while reading this book, slowly entering the world of characters and letting yourself be engulfed in this mesmerizing story is a priceless experience. I can't recommend it enough.

@prateetisengupta9677 4 года назад

It would be great if you could make one on Franz Kafka , Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Murakami - each unique in their perception and bizarre expression of reality and the hallucinatory quality of their prose, and yet overlapping at certain points.

@subinms14 4 года назад

"Kafka on the shore" was a delightful read. After completing the book I felt a sense of satisfaction which only a few books have managed to provide. Don't know why but this book kept reminding me of "One hundred years of solitude". BTW Kafka means Crow ( Correct me if I'm wrong)

@wanlitan7406 4 года назад

Yeah, that's why it was the Boy Named Crow.

@richaarunendu4080 3 года назад

Yes, he explains in the book too.

@gamezenth133 3 года назад

@@richaarunendu4080 yes he does in the beginning. Wind up bird chronicle is his best work as well give it a try buddy.

@bekisroilov2278 3 года назад

yea in the book he says kafka means crow in czech, which I thought was pretty cool

@paljaske9059 3 года назад

Actually in my book the translator wrote some sidenotes in which he explained that kafka actually means 'jackdaw' (which is a bird similar to a crow) in czech, but that Murakami didn't know the difference between those two birds, so he just rolled with crow.

@amberflower6667 4 года назад

The first Murakami work I have read. Still , one of the most influential and memorable books I have ever read . I really think that Murakami has an authentic way of depicting things that just draws the reader in before they know it . Specifically , I find this book so insightful , so artistic , and so impactful .

@matilde_5 3 года назад

I just finished reading the book and I can’t really explain its essence with words, you should read it for yourself- For some reason, I always kinda disliked Kafka. There was something in his way of thinking and his actions that made me feel like he wasn’t such a nice person. For that reason, I always looked forward to reading Nakata’s “part” of the story more than Kafka’s, and I felt way more connected to the old man. I was also just- more drawn to it, for some reason. I also really liked Ōshima, for some reason. But yeah, it was pretty weird at times and some scenes made me cringe a little bit but overall it was interesting and I always wanted to see what would happen next. The ending left me kind of... unsatisfied, like there was still something that needed to be fixed in the world, and I guess I’m not the only one- Buuut yeah, if you’re not a child then you should read it, it’s nice!

@manigupta2299 2 года назад

Exactly my experience after reading this book..

@darealdovahkiin3652 2 года назад

Summarized my feelings as well. Kafka has this kind of circular reasoning (in regards to the prophesy and the subsequent acts he takes in relationship to it) that not only drives his actions but also shapes his understanding of the world the majority of the book. This particularly stood out to me in the dream sequence where, repulsively, he rapes Sakura. His rationale being he wants to “take the prophesy by the horns in order to be free.” If he wanted to be free, he could just work on overcoming his temptations as they present themselves, in the process giving him the freedom he desires-defining *himself* who he is through his actions. I know that Kafka did this out of a naive, confused, and self destructive impulse that rages inside of him as a trauma-ridden teenager, but it was the breaking point that made him extremely hard to emphasize with as a reader. Of course I think Murakami intentionally gave Kafka this circular reasoning, my theory being to draw parallels to the exact same fallacious logic drawn by our so infamously memorable Johnnie Walker. Both are oblivious to the factor of their own agency in relationship to their situation. They feel cast in a current that they can’t change “because it’s unchangeable.” I think this logic beautifully typifies Franz Kafka’s understanding of the human dilemma.

@matilde_5 2 года назад

@@darealdovahkiin3652 You took the words right out of my mouth. (Well, very figuratively, because you did word your reply using way better-sounding terms than I would normally be able to-) (Also, “dovahkiin” in your username, nice)

@maevewinters1392 4 года назад

I LOVE THIS VIDEO! The music and art are just perfect. I haven’t read the book yet but I’m now more excited than ever to do so

@anmolchandak2909 3 года назад

I had seen this video a few days back, when I was thinking of starting this book. The video got me interested, but got me confused all the same. And today I watched this again after completing the book, which is a masterpiece in itself, and now I realise how amazingly this video has been designed and narrated. Every detail that has been captured is great, and this is the best possible review of this book. So glad to have found it ❤️

@jarodski22 4 года назад

He's always been my favorite author. I'm so glad more readers are being attracted to his work!

@kennyyt5297 3 года назад

I legit wasn't able to sleep for a few days after I read this book. It felt like a trance

@manigupta2299 2 года назад

Same. I couldn't sleep for one night and the imagery kept on repeating in my head. What a weird and hypnotic experience this book was for me!

@triptisingh5844 3 года назад

Today I completed this book and I feel so alone now. Everything was good, I was unconscious the whole time. Every part, every line was so real like I was there with kafka when he was in the forest or with Nakata while traveling.

@arianam.4743 4 года назад

Awhile ago, I read Murikami's "The Wind-up Bird Chronicle" and really enjoyed it. It was very different from any novel I had ever read. I've been wanting to read another book by him, and I think this'll be the one! Thanks, Ted Ed!

@akankshad3980 4 года назад

This book like other murakami works builds up very slowly but it's worth it because the epiphany you reach when everything comes together is unmatched.

@kingdomhearts351 4 года назад

This was my first Murakami novel, to which led me to many more. As I'm now reading Killing Commendatore, I've realized how much I need to thank Murakami for my wonder of life. He has changed my image of what a moment in life really could be.

@jenperkings7072 2 года назад

This was so beautiful. Thank you so much 💓

@bekindalways295 Год назад

What a great book! Kafka on the Shore manages to send across multiple messages in such a beautiful way. How our past can sometimes bind or constrain us from truly living a free and joyful life, how sometimes we can't run away from the seemingly insurmountable challenges in our life, etc. Definitely a must-read!

@markam314 4 года назад

I just started reading the book and suddenly this video appeared. Can TED-Ed read your mind?😮

@TEDEd 4 года назад

Yes, yes we can

@maplerosez 4 года назад

Woah TED Ed *CAN* read minds *but is it true tho?* 👀

@willanthoniozeppeli7913 4 года назад

@@TEDEd I'm telling MoM

@TH3F4LC0Nx 4 года назад

I really like these "Why you should read..." videos! The animation is always killer!

@joeeveryman9237 4 года назад

YAAASS. I have been waiting for a Murakami-related TED-Ed video!!!!!

@aurunabhsarker3103 4 года назад

The voice is so satisfying . Thanks Ted ed 😊💖

@aesthetewithoutacause3981 4 года назад

Wow, this book sounds magical! I'll pick it up as soon as I can.

@anthonybott6923 4 года назад

Currently reading 1Q84 by Murakami. Such a great book with a lot of the same theme as this. Going to move onto this one next. Super excited.

@ely2833 4 года назад

You know 1Q84 has three books, right?

@anthonybott6923 4 года назад

ely yes. And I’m on book 2 of 3

@ely2833 4 года назад

@@anthonybott6923 Perfect then !

@saratrejo6658 3 года назад

@@ely2833 The English publication is just 1 giant book.

@ely2833 3 года назад

@@saratrejo6658 Ahh that's why. Thanks for explaining. I've French publications, they were all in 3 separate novels.

@krasnyy_sharf 4 года назад

Thank you for this beautiful vid!

@sockthief9138 4 года назад

you guys finally covered a Murakami novel and I'm so happy

@adarsh_3007 4 года назад

Do more of these, btw nice animations.

@sylphann 2 года назад

After watching this video 2 years ago, I finally read the book and I'm fascinated. This book is an experience!

@saram1596 4 года назад

It's perfect that this was released on my birthday. Thanks Ted-Ed!!!

@iloveyellow7214 4 года назад

I love this thank you for featuring one of my favorite books

@parksheridan8227 3 года назад

Ghad Murakami has his own way of delivering things, most books I've read they explain what the characters emotions at a certain point of time and you get to know that a character felt such emotion but in kafka on the shore it's more than just knowing what the characters emotions are it's feeling what they actually feel on that certain situation or emotional state. It felt surreal and it pierced through text especially when kafka was on the forest, I'm just enthralled to read such an amazing book.

@buttteerrrcupp8959 3 года назад

Kafka on the shore, for me, was like a movie I watched with so much interest and with depth understanding because when I recall some parts of it, I recall an image, a scene, like as if I had seen it somewhere. Murakami just made me imagine so much with all the details he has put in.

@fs6020 4 года назад

So happy they made a video about Murakami's book!

@maxresentertainment 3 года назад

Finished it, loved it. Never read before such genre and the music suggestions the book gave is mindblowing

@rosswebster7877 4 года назад

So awesome to see Murukami get a TED-ED animation! Still haven't read "Kafka on the Shore," but my favorite is "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles."

@julianblake8385 4 года назад

My first Murakami book, I totally loved it, and I still re-read it from time to time. It's really good, and I consider it the Author's best.

@ianfarrugia4495 4 года назад

I don't know if this was intentional, but the character visuals didn't really match the book's description. Wonderful essay nonetheless

@parksheridan8227 3 года назад

Right? Especially kafka he has a good built more on a muscular type of guy

@krish9184 2 года назад

trueeee!! I had a more chubby and healthy image of Mr. Nakata. And I expected Kafka to be bulk because he works out a ton.

@sunshine3713 2 года назад

@@krish9184 me tooooo

@thv5098 3 года назад

I was curious about Murakami n I picked kafka and it totally amazed me his writing style and way he blends between dream and reality. Still lot of confusions but the author leaves upto readers how to interpret. I would surely recommend this masterpiece.

@akankshasharma943 3 года назад

He is one of the best writer I have came across .. His books are soul touching..

@shethewriter 4 года назад

Read this book ten years ago and still recovering. Should come with a warning. I can't wait to read it again.

@Xray83Bravo 4 года назад

shethewriter Have yet to read it. What would the warning say?

@ely2833 4 года назад

Curious about that too.

@wanlitan7406 4 года назад

It's a mind-bending experience that fills you with more questions the more you think you know. Oh, and the ending's quite sad.

@itsmimic007 4 года назад

Your voice is so calming ✨

@tristanbennett3553 4 года назад

Awesome book, ted ed killing it as always

@rajivkrishnatr 4 года назад

I had anxiety ridden dreams while reading this book. I was a bit lost in the world of Kafka for a month. It messes with my mind sometimes. I know that's just me but I had to say it. It was like a psychedelic trip, this book.

@amrithamelant3330 2 года назад

No, Its not just you. I was lost too. For a month. It's crazy but yes. The book made me so insane!♥️

@user-ey1ms7dj8i 2 года назад

Yea this book is crazy sometimes while im reading it I alway had the feeling that I already read this part im in a loop i keep reading the same page I thought the books i got is pirated and has a lot of copy per pages but its strange whenever I check the previous pages it ok and pages sequence is correct. I dont know what happening to me😂. Its somehow scares me but I decided to let it slide

@bums009 2 года назад

This book gave me nothing but peace

@outresru7751 Год назад

it was sort of the opposite for me. i felt lost in this delusional world with exaggerated emotions. I always have vivid dreams when i sleep and i always wished, for once to not remember my dream and sleep peacefully. Just today, half way through the book, i was slowly sinking into this calm feeling and i sleep for a good 2 hours and i haven't slept that good in a long while.

@huntrrams 4 года назад

Please do one on Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe OR America is in the Heart by Carlos Bulosan

@ainkuin48 2 года назад

I really like the art of this video, and "Kafka on the shore" is my one of favorite, so, thank you for this review

@anemicghost567 3 года назад

This video sums up the book better than I ever could 😂 I just finished Kafka on the shore recently and it was just breathtaking. Murakami will forever be my favorite author ever since I read Norwegian Wood in high school. ❤️

@icha_thebluesolivagant 4 года назад

One of my faves. Honestly, i love all Murakami's work.

@lahidele8768 4 года назад

Can you suggest one more please

@icha_thebluesolivagant 4 года назад

@@lahidele8768 Men Without Women. Or Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki.

@bobi_tuankotta 4 года назад

Icha. Lah, lu ada di sini pula

@icha_thebluesolivagant 4 года назад

@@bobi_tuankotta im everywhere 😁

@bobi_tuankotta 4 года назад

Everywhere? Mungkin lu ialah 'storm' yg slalu menghantui Kafka, Cha.

@halosphere 4 года назад

THIS BOOK IS EVERTHING YOU NEED IT'S LITERALLY THE ELIXIR OF MY LIFE AND I LOVE IT SO SO SO MUCH

@TopLobster11 2 года назад

I just loved the animation of Miss Saeki looking at the painting. I really wanted to see that.

@Noukz37 4 года назад

Matheus Wittmann, you did excellent work on this video!

@kristoffer2250 4 года назад

YES! INTRODUCE THEM TO MURAKAMI TED ED!!! SUCH A GENIUS...

@PutingPinoy 4 года назад

I listened to that book! I loved it! It had a whimsical ending. I wasn’t sure how to interpret the ending. But I really love this video. Thank you for doing this video.

@berserker8884 4 года назад

How does it hold up as an audiobook. This text seems pretty philosophical to me, so I was thinking I should read it physically to better unserstand it, but if its okay I would rather go eith the audiobook

@PutingPinoy 4 года назад

Berserker it was amazing! Very well read. The voices were perfect especially the parts with Nakata!

@berserker8884 4 года назад

@@PutingPinoy awesome! Now Im excited to listen to it. Tomorrow I get the new audible credit and I know what Ill spend it on!

@PutingPinoy 4 года назад

Berserker good call, man! It was definitely an interesting ending. Let me know what you think about it.

@berserker8884 4 года назад

@@PutingPinoy thank you. Cant wait!

@alaaalaina 4 года назад

A video article on my favourite book of all time? I teared up

@WelfareChrist 4 года назад

Love it. This is my favorite Murakami novel by far. I read it when I was living in Olympia, WA in the late 2000's and the power went out during the winter for almost three weeks. I read Dance, Dance, Dance (also wildly good) and this book and without exaggerating I can say that it changed my life. The ending is so good its ridiculous. I'm currently reading IQ84 and so far I love it. So glad to have this man's writing in my life!

@Isa059407 4 года назад

This book is so amazing!!! And to me it’s evens more special once that I’ve got my masters scholarship by writing an essay about it

@didhitianam8734 2 года назад

wow thats brilliant can i read it os sth?!

@didhitianam8734 2 года назад

wow thats brilliant!!! can I read it??!

@vydangne8618 2 года назад

What haunted me for so long was the chapter about eating raw cats' heart. 😰 I was in college and I couldn't handle it well. I really respect those of you here who commented that you read this book in highschool. I mean wow, your mind is so strong.

@saraharredondo1148 2 года назад

Yeah… that was it for me as well… I had to pause and take a break after reading that I even thought about not continuing to read it

@bums009 2 года назад

I read this in high school and I don't even remember that part tbh

@Aomame_love Год назад

@@saraharredondo1148 same! that’s why it took me a while to finish the book

@wariwarin Год назад

I almost threw up in that scene!!

@dhartimaadam8477 3 года назад

Yes, he ties characters and storylines so effortlessly.

@meri222 Год назад

I love this book so much, I cried with Miss Saeki, and how unique the character is. Its so powerful how she was attached to her memories, at the end, thats all we left in life, the memories we carry from others and our life. Without our memories, we are nothing.

@oukahershel2931 3 года назад

I read this book when I was a teen. It was a strange experience but I couldn't put it down. What I remember now are some bits and pieces yet it was vaguely memorable,

@user-oh2pf2ux6c 4 года назад

I'm currently reading chapter 29🤭 what a coincidence

@convadodeltaro1997 4 года назад

Synchronicity.

@soundtracksofsolitude6915 3 года назад

This will be on my channel soon. Cant wait to score this. Great content thanks....

@WindOfCollapse 4 года назад

Really loved the music in this vid, it is marvellous

@ngsxxvi652 4 года назад

I’ve read this book and I can only describe it as pyschedelic.

@LienNguyen-rm5zt 4 года назад

You should read all Murakami's actually My most loved author !

@a.nindita127 3 года назад

Came across this book by instinct on university's library 8 years ago! The book really opened a secret library far away inside my head! The book was fascinating and everytime I re-read it the enigmas within the story pops here and there! A definite joyful ride!