1 review for Kafka on the Shore
Add a review
Kafka on the Shore
$23.00
Kafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father”s 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.
As their parallel odysseys unravel, cats converse with people; fish tumble from the sky; a ghost-like pimp deploys a Hegel-spouting girl of the night; a forest harbours soldiers apparently un-aged since World War II. There is a savage killing, but the identity of both victim and killer is a riddle – one of many which combine to create an elegant and dreamlike masterpiece.
15 in stock
mygirn16@gmail.com –
I’m still not entirely sure what I just read, and that’s the magic of it. Kafka on the Shore is my first Murakami book, and it was a wild, beautiful, and utterly bizarre ride. The story follows two characters—a teenage runaway named Kafka and an old man who talks to cats—and their paths eventually intertwine in the most unexpected ways. It’s full of ghosts, talking cats, and a surreal, dreamlike atmosphere that pulls you in completely. Don’t go into this expecting a straightforward plot; it’s more about the journey and the strange, haunting metaphors. If you love a book that leaves you with more questions than answers and a feeling of pure wonder, this is absolutely it.