Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami Hardcover Book

Description: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami Kafka Tamura runs away from home to escape his fathers 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. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A beautifully packaged hardback edition of Haruki Murakamis mesmerizingly surreal classic, now with a new introduction by the authorKafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his fathers 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. Author Biography In 1978, Haruki Murakami was 29 and running a jazz bar in downtown Tokyo. One April day, the impulse to write a novel came to him suddenly while watching a baseball game. That first novel, Hear the Wind Sing, won a new writers award and was published the following year. More followed, including A Wild Sheep Chase and Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, but it was Norwegian Wood, published in 1987, which turned Murakami from a writer into a phenomenon. His books became bestsellers, were translated into many languages, including English, and the door was thrown wide open to Murakamis unique and addictive fictional universe.Murakami writes with admirable discipline, producing ten pages a day, after which he runs ten kilometres (he began long-distance running in 1982 and has participated in numerous marathons and races), works on translations, and then reads, listens to records and cooks. His passions colour his non-fiction output, from What I Talk About When I Talk About Running to Absolutely On Music, and they also seep into his novels and short stories, providing quotidian moments in his otherwise freewheeling flights of imaginative inquiry. In works such as The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, 1Q84 and Men Without Women, his distinctive blend of the mysterious and the everyday, of melancholy and humour, continues to enchant readers, ensuring Murakamis place as one of the worlds most acclaimed and well-loved writers. Review Wonderful... Magical and outlandish Daily MailHypnotic, spellbinding The TimesCool, fluent and addictive Daily Telegraph Review Quote Wonderful... Magical and outlandish Promotional "Headline" A special hardback edition of Murakamis mesmerising and strange surreal classic, Kafka on the Shore . Published in this new gift edition, with an introduction from the author, to celebrate the forthcoming publication of Novelist as a Vocation Details ISBN1784877980 Author Haruki Murakami Publisher Vintage Publishing Year 2022 ISBN-10 1784877980 ISBN-13 9781784877989 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2022-11-15 UK Release Date 2022-08-04 Imprint Vintage Classics Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2022-11-15 NZ Release Date 2022-11-15 Pages 528 Alternative 9780099458326 DEWEY 895.6355 Audience General Series Murakami Collectible Classics We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:139161889;

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