# Week 17: 海辺のカフカ - Kafka on the Shore 🏖 **URL:** \ **Category:** Book Clubs\ **Created:** [September 16, 2022, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/week-17-%E6%B5%B7%E8%BE%BA%E3%81%AE%E3%82%AB%E3%83%95%E3%82%AB-kafka-on-the-shore-%F0%9F%8F%96/58602 "2022-09-16T22:20:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NicoleIsEnough](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/nicoleisenough/32/87285_2.png) [@NicoleIsEnough](https://community.wanikani.com/u/NicoleIsEnough)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/week-17-%E6%B5%B7%E8%BE%BA%E3%81%AE%E3%82%AB%E3%83%95%E3%82%AB-kafka-on-the-shore-%F0%9F%8F%96/58602/1 "2022-09-16T22:20:51Z")
[Join the Advanced Book Club here!](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/44685) [海辺のカフカ - Kafka on the Shore 🏖 Home Thread](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/56662) ## Week 17 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/a/f/7/af7831a95e06823a63f33310d96aed1031e1f440.png) **Start Date:** Sep 17 **Previous Part:** [Week 16](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/58526) **Next Part:** [Week 18](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/58685) ## Reading: | Week | Start Date | Chapters | Page Count | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Week 17 | Sep 17 | 34, 35 | 36 | ## Discussion Rules - Please use spoiler tags for _ **major** _ events in the current chapter(s) and _ **any** _ content in future chapters. - When asking for help, please mention the chapter and page number. Also mention what version of the book you are reading. - Don’t be afraid of asking questions, even if they seem embarrassing at first. All of us are here to learn. - To you lurkers out there: Join the conversation, it’s fun! :durtle: ## Participants Mark your participation status by voting in this poll. (Please feel free to update your status whenever you like!) _Poll ([view on site](https://community.wanikani.com/t/week-17-%E6%B5%B7%E8%BE%BA%E3%81%AE%E3%82%AB%E3%83%95%E3%82%AB-kafka-on-the-shore-%F0%9F%8F%96/58602/1))_ ---
**Author:** ![sycamore](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/sycamore/32/362777_2.png) [@sycamore](https://community.wanikani.com/u/sycamore)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/week-17-%E6%B5%B7%E8%BE%BA%E3%81%AE%E3%82%AB%E3%83%95%E3%82%AB-kafka-on-the-shore-%F0%9F%8F%96/58602/2 "2022-09-17T15:57:40Z")
Just finished reading chapter 34. Really loved this chapter. I feel like so far this half of the book has felt like it is building and building pace (which I’m also really enjoying) but the back half of this chapter felt like a really nice kind of break from that. A little calm before the next storm. Now on to chapter 35! Where I’m sure more weird stuff will happen 😂 ---
**Author:** ![Jfredel78](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/jfredel78/32/403602_2.png) [@Jfredel78](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Jfredel78)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2022, 12:53pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/week-17-%E6%B5%B7%E8%BE%BA%E3%81%AE%E3%82%AB%E3%83%95%E3%82%AB-kafka-on-the-shore-%F0%9F%8F%96/58602/3 "2022-09-25T12:53:05Z")
I had been focusing on catching up with 八つ墓村 for the better part of the month, so I spent the past few days catching up with カフカ. There hasn’t been too much going on in the past few chapters, except for another graphic and all too real sex scene. It seemed like both sides were pretty happy with the situation, but that’s probably all the more reason that something needed to give - like Kafka temporarily going to his mountain retreat. Plus, Murakami needs to prove to us that he’s not just a pornographer with a mother complex. As for these chapters feeling like the “calm before the storm,” I mostly agree, except that there already _was_ a big storm! Felt like a bit of an anticlimax. But the 入り口 _is_ open now, so something is bound to go through it sooner or later…