Murakami’s writing has been heavily influenced by his interest in western culture. Murakami was born in Kyoto, Japan during the crazed baby boom period post-World War 2. He has also had two movies based on his writing, Burning, based on his short story “Barn Burning,” and Norwegian Wood, based on the critically acclaimed novel of the same name. He is 69 years old, and has written some amazing books such as Norwegian Wood, 1Q84, and of course Kafka on The Shore. It comes from the amazingly written novel, Kafka on The Shore, by Haruki Murakami. That quote is one of the most famous quotes from a novel of all time. That’s what this storm’s all about.” – Haruki Murakami Kafka on The Shore (p. When you come out of the storm you won’t be the same person who walked in. You won’t even be sure, in fact, whether the storm is really over. And once the storm is over you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You’ll catch that blood in your hands, your own blood and the blood of others. People will bleed there, and you will bleed too.

No matter how metaphysical or symbolic it might be, make no mistake about it: it will cut through flesh like a thousand razor blades. And you really will have to make it through that violent, metaphysical, symbolic storm. That’s the kind of sandstorm you need to imagine. Just fine white sand swirling up into the sky like pulverized bones.

There’s no sun there, no moon, no direction, no sense of time. So all you can do is give in to it, step right inside the storm, closing your eyes and plugging up your ears so the sand doesn’t get in, and walk through it, step by step. Why? Because this storm isn’t something that blew in from far away, something that has nothing to do with you. Over and over you play this out, like some ominous dance with death just before dawn. You change direction but the sandstorm chases you. Urn:oclc:861944244 Republisher_date 20120809231051 Republisher_operator Scandate 20120809025522 Scanner .“Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 19:16:04 Bookplateleaf 0003 Boxid IA129801 Boxid_2 CH109301 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donorīostonpubliclibrary Edition 5.

Kafka on the shore by haruki murakami