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Kafka on the Shore

Written by: Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel - translator
Narrated by: Sean Barrett, Oliver Le Sueur
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About this listen

Brought to you by Penguin.

Kafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father's 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.

'Wonderful... Magical and outlandish' Daily Mail

'Hypnotic, spellbinding' The Times

'Cool, fluent and addictive' Daily Telegraph

© Haruki Marakami 2005 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

 Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Magical Realism Metaphysical & Visionary World Literature

Critic Reviews

Wonderful... Magical and outlandish
A magnificently bewildering achievement... Brilliantly conceived, bold in its surreal scope, sexy and driven by a snappy plot... Exuberant storytelling
Cool, fluent and addictive
Hypnotic, spellbinding
Addictive... Exhilarating... A pleasure
Murakami's most addictive fix to date
Engrossing and wildly inventive
Laden with philosophical overtones and enchanting wit
Murakami's exquisitely simple prose and deft evocation of the surreal are captivating and sublime
The mysteries are never tainted by explanation, merely beautifully described, delivering a hypnotic read
All stars
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It was my first time reading a fantasy fiction, so things seemed unrealistic at times but soon I got used to it. Haruki Murakami definitely has a unique style of writing and I loved it. I really liked the way the story unfolded. Narration was great too.

Story unfolds very well

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I couldn't understand who is lead here. As the name suggest it appears that Kafka is but I feel like Mr. Nakata is main lead. idk maybe Hoshino..
I mean his life got changed completely but then the same is True for Kafka as well.

interesting

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this is the first murakami book im listening to but i already have 10 of his other books in my cart to buy.

i love you, murakami!

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this is the first murakami book I just couldn't put it down. although at some points it's gross but it amazing. there are so many things unexplained but you automatically assume those things and try to attach meaning deduced from the story itself. and at the end it left you to decide the ending. I like that.

I don't know I'm at loss of words

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This novel is an experience that isn't like any other, for better or worse.

A novel like no other.

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