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Kafka on the Shore (Vintage books) (Paperback)(English / Japanese)
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Short Description for Kafka on the ShoreKafka Tamura runs away from home to escape his father's oedipal prophecy and to find his long-lost mother and sister. As Kafka flees, so too does Nakata, an elderly simpleton whose quiet life has been upset by a gruesome murder. High school & older.
Full description- Publisher: Vintage Books USA
- Published: 03 January 2006
- Format: Paperback 467 pages
- See: Full bibliographic data
- Categories: Contemporary Fiction
- ISBN 13: 9781400079278 ISBN 10: 1400079276
- Sales rank: 33,954
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Reviews for Kafka on the Shore
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Unsettling... and wonderful
Reading Haruki Murakami is like watching your reflection crawl out of the mirror while it recites T.S. Elliot in your mother's voice. It is unsettling and leads you to ask certain questions. And he isn't going to answer them for you.
You will feel dizzy, and you'll either enjoy that feeling, or you won't. It's difficult to pinpoint what sort of person will enjoy this book. It depends heavily on how separate you keep your inner and outer worlds.
I really enjoyed this book. The ending felt a little rushed, but at the same time the momentum had been building throughout the book so it made sense to do it that way.
One surprise is a character who only appears in the last quarter of the book actually ends up being one of the warmest, well-developed people in the story. The second-most interesting character is Mister Oshida, who I would happily have spent more time reading about. by Wendy
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