This character is more stereotypical - a trucker who wears colorful clothes and unfairly treats one sweet woman after another that enters his life. He acts like a facilitator and medium for Nakata to finish his journey. Hoshino is to Nakata, what Oshima is to Kafka. And I feel that her character is described more through the words of others than her own actions.
The primary emotion that she evokes is sorrow. She exists in both worlds in different forms. He becomes the primary support system of Kafka as he progresses in his journey.įor me, Miss Saeki is the character that acts like a bridge between the real world and the alternate dimension. He is the kind of person whose silence speaks. His complex sexual identity paints his character and its thoughts in a myriad hues. These three are the main supporting characters in the story. However, we have an inkling that their paths will cross eventually. And for the longest time the exact purpose of their journeys is not clear. They are both on their journeys, covering space and time. Further down the story he displays other metaphysical powers.
He may falter in the most simple ways of the world, but he could talk to your cat. Nakata on the other hand is peacefully floating on the river of life, on a raft made of simple thoughts and an almost incessant supply of goodwill from strangers. Even in a surrealist story like this one, we cannot escape the potent power of a dysfunctional family. Like many interesting characters in literature he comes from a broken family. He is running away from life while it mercilessly chases him down. Personally, I liked the character of Kafka more. They offload a lot of information and baggage and yet, the destination is never clear.
On the way, we meet other intriguing characters while both Nakata and Kafka disclose their thoughts and intentions to us. We go on parallel journeys with both of them. Meet the two central characters - Satoru Nakata and Kafka Tamura. A tiny part of me will stay here, on this side. There is no boundary wall around this book, separating it from the rest of the world, for me to climb and jump back to my old reality. I think I am still lodged in the ‘half-reality-half-magic’ world that Murakami created.
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