{"product_id":"9781784877989","title":"Kafka on the Shore","description":"Author: Murakami, Haruki \u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781784877989 \u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK \u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2022 \u003cbr\u003ePages: 528 \u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 224mm x 146mm x 47mm \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA special hardback edition of Murakami's mesmerising and strange surreal classic, \u003ci\u003eKafka on the Shore\u003c\/i\u003e. Published in this new gift edition, with an introduction from the author, to celebrate the forthcoming publication of \u003ci\u003eNovelist as a Vocation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beautifully packaged hardback edition of Haruki Murakami's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003emesmerizingly surreal classic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, now with a new introduction by the author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father's dark prophesy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe aging Nakata, tracker of lost cats, who never recovered from a bizarre childhood affliction, finds his pleasantly simplified life suddenly turned upside down.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wonderful... Magical and outlandish' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Hypnotic, spellbinding' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Cool, fluent and addictive' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45496559272094,"sku":"UBD-9781784877989","price":44.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781784877989.jpg?v=1748231466","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781784877989","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}