Kafka on the Shore

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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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A beautifully packaged hardback edition of Haruki Murakami’s mesmerizingly surreal classic, now with a new introduction by the author

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.

‘Wonderful… Magical and outlandish’ Daily Mail

‘Hypnotic, spellbinding’ The Times

‘Cool, fluent and addictive’ Daily Telegraph

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Weight 623 g
Dimensions 22.2 × 14.4 × 4.5 cm
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Imprint

Cover

Hardback
Pages

512
Language

English
Edition

Reprint
Dewey

895.636 (edition:23)
Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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