Having recently finished Kafka on the Shore, I admit to being awestruck. Haruki Murakami's magical realism intertwines conscious vs. subconscious, real vs. dream, and life, death, and the gray zone in between, causing the reader to suspend everyday assumptions and delve into metaphorical states where fish fall from the sky and spirits emerge through existential angst to relive memories . As the paths implicitly emerge between the two main characters (Kafka Tamura and Nakata), the themes of human connection, loneliness, intuition, and memory emerge through a metaphysical realm of consciousness at the "edge of the world." I'm still fairly new to Murakami's work (After Dark - also very good - being the only other I've read, as well as a few short stories), but this was probably my favourite. Looking forward to reading more.
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