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Time and Timelessness: A Study of Narrative Structure in Murakami Haruki’s Kafka on the Shore
- Mosaic: a journal for the interdisciplinary study of literature
- Mosaic, an interdisciplinary critical journal
- Volume 49, Number 1, March 2016
- pp. 145-160
- 10.1353/mos.2016.0000
- Article
- Additional Information
This essay examines narrative structure and themes in Murakami Haruki’s Kafka on the Shore, mainly from the standpoint of time. It argues that many of the novel’s central ideas, such as growth, recovery from trauma, and the redemptive value of suffering, are explored through the philosophical concept of time.