false 10017446 405932 4929 1400079276 9781400079278 1709 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165515991m/4929.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165515991s/4929.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4929.Kafka_on_the_Shore 4.03 14287 Kafka on the Shore is powered by two remarkable characters: a teenage boy, Kafka Tamura, who runs away from home either to escape a gruesome oedipal prophecy or to search for his long-missing mother and sister; and an aging simpleton called Nakata, who never recovered from a wartime affliction and now is drawn toward Kafka for reasons that, like the most basic activities of daily life, he cannot fathom.

As their paths converge, and the reasons for that convergence become clear, Haruki Murakami enfolds readers in a world where cats talk, fish fall from the sky, and spirits slip out of their bodies to make love or commit murder. Kafka on the Shore displays one of the world’s great storytellers at the peak of his powers.]]> 3354 3.96 104553 11460 403782 4.03 14303 1715 3139181 4.03 14298 1713 2005 4 0 false Fri Jan 11 10:03:41 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 05 21:41:13 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 05 21:41:23 -0800 2007