Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami
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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'Hypnotic, spellbinding' The Times
'Cool, fluent and addictive' Daily Telegraph
‘Addictive... Exhilarating... A pleasure’ Evening Standard
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Daily Mail
A magnificently bewildering achievement... Brilliantly conceived, bold in its surreal scope, sexy and driven by a snappy plot... Exuberant storytelling
Independent on Sunday
Cool, fluent and addictive
Daily Telegraph
Hypnotic, spellbinding
The Times
Addictive... Exhilarating... A pleasure
Evening Standard
Murakami's most addictive fix to date
Independent
Engrossing and wildly inventive
Times Literary Supplement
Laden with philosophical overtones and enchanting wit
Observer
Murakami's exquisitely simple prose and deft evocation of the surreal are captivating and sublime
Sunday Times
The mysteries are never tainted by explanation, merely beautifully described, delivering a hypnotic read
Times Higher Education Supplement