Kafka on the Shore

Kafka on the Shore is the latest novel by Japan’s leading literary novelist, who developed a world-wide cult reputation with Norwegian Wood. In Kafka on the Shore, Murakami continues with his remarkable combination of profound insight into humankind with a totally credible touch of the fantastical – a unique tour de force. The teenager Kafka Tamura goes on the run and holes up in a strange library in a small country town. Concurrently, Nakata, a finder of lost cats, goes on a puzzling odyssey across Japan. Only gradually do we find how these stories interweave.

15 CDs | Running Time: 19h 05m | ISBN: 978-962-634-405-7 | Cat. no.: NAX40512 | RRP: £50.00RRP:£50.00 GBPSRP: US $ 89.98RRP:£50.00 GBP

Sean Barrett will wring your heart

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PODCAST

Welcome to the World of Haruki Murakami
Roy McMillan introduces the fascinating world of Haruki Murakami, with excerpts from his works on Naxos AudioBooks.

Haruki Murakami Podcast (MP3, 20 min., 9.1 MB)

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Kafka Tamura, a precocious fifteen-year-old from Tokyo with oedipal tendencies, runs away from home, meets a transsexual librarian on Shikoku, Japan’s smallest island, reads a lot of books, sleeps with two women (his sister? His mother?), finds his true self in a magical forest. Meanwhile, sixtysomething, brain-damaged Nakata murders a man who kills cats to make flutes from their souls, legs it to the same Shikoku library and finds his true self in a motel room. I think. Murakami isn’t good with loose ends but he is brilliant with talking cats, mixed-up adolescents, quirky relationships and stories requiring off-the-wall imagination. I wouldn’t have lasted the course without Sean Barrett, whose Nakata will wring your heart. You either love or loathe Japan’s favourite novelist. I’m still undecided.

Sue Arnold, The Guardian

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