Kafka on the Shore

By - Murakami, Haruki,

Floor - Floor 3

Published - Vintage, London, 2005

ISBN 10 - 0099458322

ISBN 13 - 9780099458326

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Japan

Shelf No - 10

Call Number - 895.635 MUR

Physical Description - 505 pages ; 21 cm

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Kafka on the Shore follows the fortunes of two remarkable characters. Kafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father's dark prophecy. The ageing Nakata, tracker of lost cats, who never recovered from a bizarre childhood affliction, finds his simple life suddenly turned upside down. Their parallel odysseys are enriched throughout by vivid accomplices and mesmerising dramas. Cats converse with people; fish tumble from the sky; a forest harbours soldiers apparently un-aged since WWII. There is a savage killing, but the identity of both victim and killer is a riddle. At once a classic tale of quest, Kafka on the Shore is also a bold exploration of mythic and contemporary taboos, of patricide, of mother-love, of sister-love. Above all it is a bewitching and wildly inventive novel from a master stylist.

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