Kafka on the Shore interweaves between two parallel plots to tell the story of Kafka Tamura - a 15-year-old boy who runs away from home to escape an Oedipal curse and Nakata - an elderly Japanese man who has an uncanny ability to speak to cats due to a childhood accident and who spends his days locating and returning lost cats to their owners. What makes Kafka on the Shore a standout? Let’s look at this book in closer detail. His writing style mixes elements of surrealism and parallel universes to evoke a world that seems too far removed from our imagination yet tantalizingly within reach. Murakami is undeniably one of the best Japanese authors of our time, with his books and stories being translated into 50 languages and selling millions of copies internationally. Kafka on the Shore is one of the most renowned works by the Japanese author Haruki Murakami, it’s 2005 English translation was among the “10 Best Books of 2005” from The New York Times and received the World Fantasy Award in 2006.
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