Ten books down the line and suddenly the critics are taking note of this exceptional writer. Surreal, highly imaginative and gloriously inventive, this follows the very strange journeys of two remarkable characters. You’ve got to read him to appreciate there is little I can say except … you’ve got to read him.
Comparison: Audrey Niffenegger, David Mitchell, Yann Martel.
Similar this month: None but try Terry Pratchett.
Kafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father's dark prophesy.
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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.WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR'Wonderful...
Kafka on the Shore features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, eBooks of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
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Kafka on the Shore was written by Haruki Murakami and published by Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House
Kafka on the Shore has 509 pages
£9.89, reduced from £10.99. In Stock.
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