{"product_id":"9781784877989","title":"Kafka on the Shore","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Murakami, Haruki \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eClassic fiction (pre c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 4 August 2022 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Murakami Collectible Classics' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 528 pages\u003cbr\u003e144 x 224 x 48 | 616g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA beautifully packaged hardback edition of Haruki Murakami's mesmerizingly surreal classic, now with a new introduction by the authorKafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father's dark prophesy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe aging Nakata, tracker of lost cats, who never recovered from a bizarre childhood affliction, finds his pleasantly simplified life suddenly turned upside down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Wonderful... Magical and outlandish' Daily Mail'Hypnotic, spellbinding' The Times'Cool, fluent and addictive' Daily Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43767181574384,"sku":"9781784877989","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9781784877989.jpg?v=1713544724","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.live\/products\/9781784877989","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}