Comments on: A few minutes of fun http://www.stochastica.net/2005/09/21/a-few-minutes-of-fun/ Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?' Wed, 27 Apr 2011 18:28:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Murakami on Music - +: etcetera :+ http://www.stochastica.net/2005/09/21/a-few-minutes-of-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-65599 Murakami on Music - +: etcetera :+ Sun, 08 Jul 2007 16:45:07 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/?p=229#comment-65599 [...] Murakami on music (and language). (Older Murakami posts [1] [2] [3] [...] […] Murakami on music (and language). (Older Murakami posts [1] [2] [3] […]

]]> By: +: etcetera :+ » Raining Sardines, Talking Cats http://www.stochastica.net/2005/09/21/a-few-minutes-of-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-2488 +: etcetera :+ » Raining Sardines, Talking Cats Sat, 21 Jan 2006 08:15:11 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/?p=229#comment-2488 [...] Kafka on the Shore is a book about a young boy who calls himself Kakfa (Duh!) (which means crow in Czech, apparently)(Kafka means Crow, not Duh!). Kafka, whose mom and sister had abandoned him early on, runs away from home at fifteen to get away from his dad. Kafka is also running away from a prophecy of his dad. (The parallels with Murukami’s short story in the New Yorker are obvious: “Among the women a man meets in his life, there are only three who have real meaning for him. No more, no less,” his father said–or, rather, declared. He spoke coolly but with utter certainty, as he might have in noting that the earth takes a year to revolve around the sun. [...] […] Kafka on the Shore is a book about a young boy who calls himself Kakfa (Duh!) (which means crow in Czech, apparently)(Kafka means Crow, not Duh!). Kafka, whose mom and sister had abandoned him early on, runs away from home at fifteen to get away from his dad. Kafka is also running away from a prophecy of his dad. (The parallels with Murukami’s short story in the New Yorker are obvious: “Among the women a man meets in his life, there are only three who have real meaning for him. No more, no less,” his father said–or, rather, declared. He spoke coolly but with utter certainty, as he might have in noting that the earth takes a year to revolve around the sun. […]

]]> By: Karthik http://www.stochastica.net/2005/09/21/a-few-minutes-of-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-1902 Karthik Wed, 28 Sep 2005 06:55:43 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/?p=229#comment-1902 Lucky you :) I really like his style - very simple and straightforward. Lucky you :) I really like his style — very simple and straightforward.

]]> By: tilo http://www.stochastica.net/2005/09/21/a-few-minutes-of-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-1891 tilo Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:19:27 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/?p=229#comment-1891 http://tilotamma.blogspot.com/2005/09/haruki-murakami.html 2 votes for him :-) I don't think this was one of his best in the NYorker. This year's well, maybe. I am going to hear him speak on Oct 6 :-U. http://tilotamma.blogspot.com/2005/09/haruki-murakami.html

2 votes for him :-) I don’t think this was one of his best in the NYorker. This year’s well, maybe.

I am going to hear him speak on Oct 6 :-U.

]]> By: DoZ http://www.stochastica.net/2005/09/21/a-few-minutes-of-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-1835 DoZ Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:38:13 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/?p=229#comment-1835 It most certainly is! As great as these stories are, once in a while, I'd like Maugham type tales - where you may get a slap at the end, but it's definitely closure of a sort... Am too old-fashioned for my own good :( It most certainly is! As great as these stories are, once in a while, I’d like Maugham type tales — where you may get a slap at the end, but it’s definitely closure of a sort… Am too old-fashioned for my own good :(

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