Nakata

Parts of Murakami's story are violently gruesome and sexually explicit, and the plot line following Nakata is rather eerie and disturbing.

Kafka on The Shore: Summary and book reviews of Kafka on The Shore by Haruki Murakami. 2005

Before Jack retired at night, usually at eleven o'clock, Nakata fixed his night table with notepaper, pencils, galley proof, the books and pamphlets he was reading, manuscripts from aspiring authors sent to him for correction and criticism, some light food to nibble on to fight off sleep, a box of cigarettes and pitchers of iced drink which he kept sipping to hydrize his mouth, parched from incessant smoking.

Jack London's Bedroom 2010

Nakata and I made the repairs with good old-fashioned bale-rope, which is stronger than wrought-iron any time, and we went on our way.

FOUR HORSES AND A SAILOR 2010

At my first attempt, Charmian and Nakata became afflicted with the same sort of fascination, and for a long time afterward, whenever they saw me reach for the whip, they closed their eyes and shielded their heads with their arms.

FOUR HORSES AND A SAILOR 2010

Charmian climbed up alongside, and Nakata got into the rear seat with the typewriter -- Nakata, who sailed cabin-boy on the Snark for two years and who had shown himself afraid of nothing, not even of me and my amateur jamborees in experimenting with new modes of locomotion.

FOUR HORSES AND A SAILOR 2010

Nakata, the other main character, is a lovable victim of the school disaster who is unlike everyone around him.

An Interview with Haruki Murakami 2010

"We line up, watch Federer, line up, watch Federer," Ms. Nakata said.

Wimbledon's Other Spectator Sport: The Queue Tom Perrotta 2011

About one o'clock in the morning he would place a match in his book to mark his place, then set the hand on the cardboard time-dial hanging outside his door to show Nakata at what hour he wished to be awakened.

Jack London's Bedroom 2010

Riki Nakata, from Yokohama, Japan, and her friend Michiko Igarashi, from Tokyo, spent the last two weeks camping out—and occasionally returning to the hotel they rented in Earls Court to shower and charge their cellphones.

Wimbledon's Other Spectator Sport: The Queue Tom Perrotta 2011

Neither did Charmian nor Nakata who did not drink.

Chapter 33 2010