{"product_id":"9781784877989-kafka-on-the-shore","title":"Kafka on the Shore","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40281027706977,"sku":"9781784877989","price":19.57,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32310143.jpg?v=1737186674","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781784877989-kafka-on-the-shore","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}