false 3335208 120800 4929 1400079276 9781400079278 14233 1704 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165515991m/4929.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4929.Kafka_on_the_Shore 3354 3.96 104179 11424 403782 4.03 14249 1710 3139181 4.03 14244 1708 5 0 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 20 18:25:24 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 17:29:20 -0700 2007 Toni Morrison, really not my thing) but Murakami has created what seems to be a complete opposite world, tangential to reality only sometimes, and it works!

Also, I got sucked into that alternate reality a little bit... I finished the book before going to bed last night and there were a couple of earthquakes overnight. I was half-asleep thinking to myself - is that the entrance stone??]]>