For 10 points, name this man who is "on the Shore" in a novel by Haruki Murakami, the author of "In the Penal Colony."
In a poem by David Rakoff, a character created by this author is told "we'd all die if physical beauty was needed for others to render their duty" after writing to Dr. Seuss for medical help. The protagonist of another novel reflects that one of this author's creations "wasn't some metaphor or allegory" but actually "here, all around [him]"; that character who makes it rain sardines and reads Richard Burton's translation of The Arabian Nights in a library (*) renames himself after this author and ran away after his father, the sculptor Koichi, told him that he would have sex with his mother and his sister. In Oshima's favorite story by this author, the Traveler drinks tea on the Commandant's old grave and sees a machine carve "Be Just" into the Officer's back. For 10 points, name this man who is "on the Shore" in a novel by Haruki Murakami, the author of "In the Penal Colony."
In a poem by David Rakoff, a character created by this author is told "we'd all die if physical beauty was needed for others to render their duty" after writing to Dr. Seuss for medical help.
Franz Kafka