Kafka On The Shore

Murakami, Haruki

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At the age of 15, Kafka Tamura runs away from home, either to escape a gruesome oedipal prophecy or to search for his long-lost mother and sister. Instead, he finds himself setting out on an odyssey where he shall encounter some very strange characters indeed.

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Publish Date: 06/10/2005

Description

Kafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father’s dark prophesy.

The aging Nakata, tracker of lost cats, who never recovered from a bizarre childhood affliction, finds his pleasantly simplified life suddenly turned upside down.

As their parallel odysseys unravel, cats converse with people; fish tumble from the sky; a ghost-like pimp deploys a Hegel-spouting girl of the night; a forest harbours soldiers apparently un-aged since World War II. There is a savage killing, but the identity of both victim and killer is a riddle – one of many which combine to create an elegant and dreamlike masterpiece.

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‘Wonderful… Magical and outlandish’ Daily Mail

‘Hypnotic, spellbinding’ The Times

‘Cool, fluent and addictive’ Daily Telegraph

Additional information

Weight 353 g
Dimensions 197 × 127 × 30 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

505

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

895.635 (edition:22)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K