Description

Kafka on the Shore is powered by two remarkable characters: a teenage boy, Kafka Tamura, who runs away from home either to flee a gruesome oedipal prophecy or even to search for his long-missing mother and sister; and an aging simpleton called Nakata, who never recovered from a wartime affliction and now's drawn toward Kafka for reasons that, such as the simplest activities of everyday life, he can't comprehend. As their paths converge, and the reason why for that convergence become clear, Haruki Murakami enfolds readers in a global where cats talk, fish fall from the sky, and spirits slip out-of their health to create love or commit murder. Kafka on the Shore displays among the world’s good storytellers at the peak of his abilities.