Kafka on the Shore
Categories: Books, Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction

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 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. Their parallel odysseys are enriched throughout by vivid accomplices and mesmerising dramas. Cats converse with people; fish tumble from the sky; a ghostlike pimp deploys a Hegel-spouting girl of the night; 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. Murakami's novel is at once a classic quest, but it is also a bold exploration of mythic and contemporary taboos, of patricide, of mother-love, of sister-love. Above all it is an entertainment of a very high order.

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Publisher: Vintage; 5038th edition (January 1, 2005)
Language: English
Paperback: 505 pages
ISBN 10: 9780099458326
ISBN 13: 978-0099458326
Item Weight: 12.5 ounces
Dimensions: 5 x 1.18 x 7.76 inches