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. The book tells the stories of the young …
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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. The book tells the stories of the young Kafka Tamura, a bookish 15-year-old boy who runs away from his Oedipal curse, and Satoru Nakata, an old, disabled man with the uncanny ability to talk to cats. The book incorporates themes of music as a communicative conduit, metaphysics, dreams, fate, the subconscious. After the release of the book, Murakami allowed for questions about the novel to be sent in, and responded to many of them. The novel was generally well-received, with positive reviews from John Updike and the New York Times.
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- LibraryThing key:
- 5819
- Goodreads:
- 1289567
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Kafka on the Shore
Paperback, 615 pages
English language
Published April 8, 2005 by Random House Export Editions, Knopf.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-09-949409-6Copied ISBN!
Kafka en la orilla
714 pages
Spanish language
Published Nov. 6, 2008 by TusQuets.
- ISBN:
- 978-84-8383-524-1Copied ISBN!
- Goodreads:
- 4951360
Kafka on the Shore
467 pages
English language
Published Nov. 6, 2006
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4000-7927-8Copied ISBN!
- Goodreads:
- 4929
Kafka on the shore
656 pages
English language
Published Jan. 6, 2005
- ISBN:
- 978-1-84343-110-7Copied ISBN!
Kafka On The Shore
512 pages
English language
Published Aug. 25, 2011 by Penguin Random House.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4481-0369-0Copied ISBN!
Kafka am Strand
Paperback, 640 pages
German language
Published April 30, 2006 by btb.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-442-73323-1Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 801770784
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