false 4018568 249420 4929 1400079276 9781400079278 1713 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 14340 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 104960 11488 403782 4.03 14357 1719 3139181 4.03 14352 1717 2005 3 7 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 03 08:31:49 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 03:33:41 -0800 2009 What just happened? Who? What? I’m sorry, what?

This is how it starts:
“You’re going to love this book.” Someone says to someone else. “I loved this book, and I know you’re going to love this book.”

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