This review would not be complete without a sample of the astute literary appraisals that our novelist/critic/coconspirator provides. Here, John processes the benign dialogue of Haruki Murakami in Kafka on the Shore:
In its last pages, the novel asks that it be taken as a happily ending saga of maturation, of ‘a brand-new world’ for a purged Kafka. But beneath his feverish, symbolically fraught adventures lies a subconscious pull almost equal to the pull of sex and vital growth: that of nothingness, of emptiness, of blissful blankness. Murakami is a tender painter of negative spaces.
Due Considerations: Essays and Criticism creates a new standard of art commentary and expression, but considering the source it is no surprise. Due Considerations is published by the Alfred A. Knopf Division of Random House, and is now available for purchase.
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1 - Natalie Bennett
This article has been selected for syndication to Advance.net , which is affiliated with newspapers around the United States, and to Boston.com. Nice work!
2 - James
Sweeet. Happy Thanksgiving Blog Critics!