Murakami’s work bends the genres of magical realism, Eastern folklore, and literary fiction precisely because of his pensive protagonists.
Haruki Murakami also employs “Thinkers” in a variety of his novels. Murakami’s work bends the genres of magical realism, Eastern folklore, and literary fiction precisely because of his pensive protagonists. In Kafka on the Shore, the main story involves a boy running away from home and an old man who searches for cats; yet the story’s puzzles, solutions, and many meanings occur in the twin protagonists’ introspections.