Kafka on the Shore follows the fortunes of two remarkable characters. Kafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his fathers 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. Their parallel odysseys are enriched throughout by vivid accomplices and mesmerising dramas. Cats converse with people fish tumble from the sky a ghostlike pimp deploys a Hegelspouting girl of the night a forest harbours soldiers apparently unaged since WWII. There is a savage killing, but the identity of both victim and killer is a riddle. Murakamis new novel is at once a classic tale of quest, but it is also a bold exploration of mythic and contemporary taboos, of patricide, of motherlove, of sisterlove. Above all it is an entertainment of a very high order.

Binding: Paperback;624 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: FA; Weight: 452 g; Dimensions: 181 x 137 x 39

Something not quite right? You have 21 days from the day you receive it, to send something back.

Please note, we cannot offer refunds on fashion face masks, cosmetics, pierced jewellery, adult toys, and swimwear or lingerie if the hygiene seal is not in place or has been broken.

Items of footwear and/or clothing must be unworn and unwashed with the original labels attached. Also, footwear must be tried on indoors. Items of homeware including bedlinen, mattresses, and toppers, and pillows must be unused and in their original unopened packaging. This does not affect your statutory rights.

Click here to view our full Returns Policy.