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Book Review of Kafka on the Shore

Kafka on the Shore
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It was a Haruki Murakami moment. Here I was at Diedrich Coffee, releasing books, and what do I find on the shelf? Kafka on the Shore. The same book I'm currently reading. And, as I am leaving, I observe a group of young people playing Scrabble on the patio. I stop to talk to them a minute and one of them says, "Hey, is that Kafka on the Shore you have there? Great book."

Surreal, yet oddly appropriate.

I loved reading this book even though I had no idea where it was taking me and no idea where I was going.