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Kafka on the Shore
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett, Oliver Le Sueur
- Length: 19 hrs and 8 mins
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Kafka Tamura runs away from home at 15, under the shadow of his father's dark prophesy.
The ageing 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. 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.
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"Wonderful.... Magical and outlandish." (Daily Mail)
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- Deepanshu Malhotra
- 20-04-22
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The most beautiful thing about the book is that, that how the author merges multiple story to a perfect climatic conclusion.
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- Anand Chauhan
- 27-03-24
A strange, self-indulgent and graphic novel.
It's a very weird story, at points annoying and sometimes even pretending to be something much smarter than it is, but it is grounding, in a strange way.
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I don't know I'm at loss of words
this is the first murakami book I just couldn't put it down. although at some points it's gross but it amazing. there are so many things unexplained but you automatically assume those things and try to attach meaning deduced from the story itself. and at the end it left you to decide the ending. I like that.
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- 12-05-23
A Writer's book
All of it is a metaphor.
No story progression as such but excellently written.
well narrated.
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- Naghera Hitesh k.
- 13-06-23
Nice book
the book has some fantastic writing and keeps you hooked in but the ending was bit predictable and not as interesting as the whole story line. overall its a good read
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Shrinivas
- 11-03-21
i love you, murakami!
this is the first murakami book im listening to but i already have 10 of his other books in my cart to buy.
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- Tulika mattoo
- 18-03-21
An unusual fiction!
So this book is not exactly the usual fantasy fiction I normally read, it's something entirely different.
Kafka on the Shore revolves around 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.
As their paths converge, and the reasons for that convergence become clear, Haruki Murakami enfolds readers in a world where cats talk, fish fall from the sky, and spirits slip out of their bodies to make love or commit murder.
The story unfolds without any agenda or destination, but you are tempted to go with the flow and you cannot resist it. This book left me astounded. I couldn't decide on what to feel after finishing it.
I would definitely love to indulge myself in more of Haruki's work to enjoy this magical realism he puts in the stories.
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- shivani j
- 14-09-21
Magical and a bit problematic.
Murakami knows how to mess with your head..
there are some things I was worried about.some things I found problematic.otherwise it's a beautiful story.
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- Subhodeep Pal
- 26-05-21
A novel like no other.
This novel is an experience that isn't like any other, for better or worse.
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- Anonymous User
- 17-12-22
A bit like good paper
Well decorated with unique ideas but bland when it comes to character emotions, it's difficult to get invested into Kafka's story, doesn't blend into this fantastical storyline, feels as if thr character is too self realised, but Nakata's story line is interesting and it had character depth, but even then the random events that happen are never explained which in principle should be mysterious but feels like disconnected plot beats which are just random.
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