{"product_id":"kafka-on-the-shore-2","title":"Kafka on the Shore","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA beautifully packaged hardback edition of Haruki Murakami's mesmerizingly surreal classic, now with a new introduction by the author.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father's 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. As 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere 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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003ePublished: UK, 2022\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Vintage Publishing\u003cbr\u003ePages: 528\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003eISBN 10: 1784877980\u003cbr\u003eISBN 13: 9781784877989\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haruki Murakami","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51670849945866,"sku":null,"price":26.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/files\/9781784877989.jpg?v=1755864576","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/kafka-on-the-shore-2","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}