Kafka On The Shore

Kafka On The Shore

Yazar : Haruki Murakami
Yayınevi : Vintage
ISBN : 9780099458326
Baskı yılı : 2005
Sayfa sayısı : 512
Ağırlık : 0.34 kg
Stok durumu : Tükendi   
Kafka on the Shore follows the fortunes of two remarkable characters. Kafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his fathers 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. Murakamis 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 a bewitching and wildly inventive novel from a master stylist.
"Wonderful... Magical and outlandish" 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

Surreal and fascinating adventure, whether it be mackerel falling from the sky or the ability to talk to cats the author manages to capture human emotions such as love and loss in a new and contemporary way. The story is profoundly entertaining touching and leaves you eager for more Murakami. - Kevin Ronson



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