Why should you read Kafka on the Shore? - Iseult Gillespie

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Follow the entwined destinies of Kafka and Nakata in Haruki Murakamis mind-bending novel Kafka on the Shore.--Desperate to escape his tyrannical father and the family curse he feels doomed to repeat, Haruki Murakamis teenage protagonist renames himself Kafka after his favorite author and runs away from home. So begins Kafka on the Shore an epic literary puzzle filled with time travel, hidden histories and magical underworlds. Iseult Gillespie dives into Murakamis mind-bending and whimsical novel.Lesson by Iseult Gillespie, directed by Cabong Studios.Sign up for our newsletter: http://bit.ly/TEDEdNewsletterSupport us on Patreon: http://bit.ly/TEDEdPatreonFollow us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/TEDEdFacebookFind us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/TEDEdTwitterPeep us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/TEDEdInstagramView full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-should-you-read-kafka-on-the-shore-iseult-gillespieThank you so much to our patrons for your support! Without you this video would not be possible! Jan-Erik, Scott Markley, Kaitlyn holland, Elija Peterson, Michele Lynn Rose, Jai Prasanth, Vack91, David Lucsanyi, Xavier dupont, Marisa Miller, Boytsov Ilya, Steven Razey, Javier Aldavaz, Nathan Giusti, Mada Arslan, Joichiro Yamada, Ritul Raghavan, Aline de Paula Zillig, Yambu Ganesh Shaw, Abeer Rajbeen, John Hong, Minh Tran, Helen Lee, Anthony Benedict, Turine Tran, Mathew Samuel, Karthik Balsubramanian, Lee, Livia-Alexandra Sarban, Annastasshia Ames, Joo Henrique Rodrigues, Sebastiaan Hols, Aries SW, SANG HAN, Amy Lopez, ReuniteKorea, Vinh-Thuy Nguyen, Liz Candee, Clovis Norroy, Danielle Downs, Nik Maier, Angel Pantoja, Nishant Suneja, , Srinivasa C Pasumarthi, Kathryn Vacha, Anthony Arcis, Jeffrey Segrest, Sandra Fuller Bocko and Alex Pierce.