Kafka on the shore
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New York, N.Y. : Vintage International, 2006.
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9781400079278, 1400079276
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult | FICTION MURAKAMI, H. | On Shelf |
Flossmoor Public Library - Stacks | FIC MUR | On Shelf |
Northlake Public Library District - Reading List | READING LIST FICTION MURA | On Shelf |
Northlake Public Library District - Reading List | READING LIST FICTION MURA | On Shelf |
Schiller Park Public Library - Adult New | FIC MURAKAMI | On Shelf |
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Published
New York, N.Y. : Vintage International, 2006.
Format
Book
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467 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781400079278, 1400079276
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Kafka on the Shore, a tour de force of metaphysical reality, is powered by two remarkable characters: a teenage boy, Kafka Tamura, who runs away from home either to escape a gruesome oedipal prophecy or to search for his long-missing mother and sister; and an aging simpleton called Nakata, who never recovered from a wartime affliction and now is drawn toward Kafka for reasons that, like the most basic activities of daily life, he cannot fathom. Their odyssey, as mysterious to them as it is to us, is enriched throughout by vivid accomplices and mesmerizing events. Cats and people carry on conversations, a ghostlike pimp employs a Hegel-quoting prostitute, a forest harbors soldiers apparently unaged since World War II, and rainstorms of fish (and worse) fall from the sky. There is a brutal murder, with the identity of both victim and perpetrator a riddle—yet this, along with everything else, is eventually answered, just as the entwined destinies of Kafka and Nakata are gradually revealed, with one escaping his fate entirely and the other given a fresh start on his own.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Murakami, H., & Gabriel, P. (2006). Kafka on the shore (First Vintage International edition.). Vintage International.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Murakami, Haruki, 1949- and Philip Gabriel. 2006. Kafka On the Shore. Vintage International.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Murakami, Haruki, 1949- and Philip Gabriel. Kafka On the Shore Vintage International, 2006.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Murakami, Haruki, and Philip Gabriel. Kafka On the Shore First Vintage International edition., Vintage International, 2006.
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