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Kafka on the Shore (海辺のカフカ, Umibe no Kafuka) is a 2002 novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. Its 2005 English translation was among "The 10 Best Books of 2005" from The New York Times and received the World Fantasy Award for 2006.
Sep 1, 2002 · Kafka on the Shore, a tour de force of metaphysical reality, 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 ...
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Jan 3, 2006 · NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the New York Times bestselling author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and one of the world’s greatest storytellers comes "an insistently...
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the New York Times bestselling author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and one of the world’s greatest storytellers comes “an insistently metaphysical mind-bender” (The New Yorker) about a teenager on the run and an aging simpleton.
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LitCharts offers a comprehensive guide to Haruki Murakami's surreal novel Kafka on the Shore, which blends elements of magical realism, Japanese culture, and the Oedipus myth. Find summaries, analysis, themes, quotes, characters, terms, symbols, and more.
A comprehensive overview of the novel by Haruki Murakami, following the stories of two teenage runaways, Nakata and Kafka, who are linked by a mysterious incident from World War II. The summary covers the main characters, themes, and events of the novel, as well as some historical and cultural context.
Jan 3, 2006 · As their paths converge, acclaimed author 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, in what is a truly remarkable journey. “As powerful as The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle....
