by Haruki Murakami · Knopf · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099494096
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«Kafka on the Shore» is the fantasy novel by Haruki Murakami, published by Knopf in paperback (615 pages, in English).
The novel interweaves the stories of Kafka Tamura, a teenager who flees home to escape a paternal prophecy, and Nakata, an old man who talks to cats whose routine is disrupted. Their parallel journeys cross in a world of surreal events, with ambiguous characters and an atmosphere of magical realism.
The work was originally published in Japanese; this 2005 edition offers its English translation.
For readers of contemporary fiction and magical realism, as well as those seeking Japanese literature.
Haruki Murakami is a Japanese writer. His novels, essays, and short stories have been best-sellers in Japan and internationally, with his work translated into 50 languages and having sold millions of copies outside Japan. He has received numerous awards for his work, including the Gunzo Prize for New Writers, the World Fantasy Award, the Tanizaki Prize, Yomiuri Prize for Literature, the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, the Noma Literary Prize, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Kiriyama Prize for Fiction, the Goodreads Choice Awards for Best Fiction, the Jerusalem Prize, and the Princess of Asturias Awards.
