![]() Murakami likes to blur the boundary between the real and the surreal-we are treated to such oddities as fish raining from the sky a forest-dwelling pair of Imperial Army soldiers who haven't aged since WWII and a hilarious cameo by fried chicken king Colonel Sanders-but he also writes touchingly about love, loneliness and friendship. (A wonderfully endearing character, Nakata has never recovered from the effects of a mysterious World War II incident that left him unable to read or comprehend much, but did give him the power to speak with cats.) What follows is a kind of double odyssey, as Kafka and Nakata are drawn inexorably along their separate but somehow linked paths, groping to understand the roles fate has in store for them. As Kafka flees, so too does Nakata, an elderly simpleton whose quiet life has been upset by a gruesome murder. ![]() In this latest addition to the author's incomparable oeuvre, 15-year-old Kafka Tamura runs away from home, both to escape his father's oedipal prophecy and to find his long-lost mother and sister. Have established Murakami as a true original, a fearless writer possessed of a wildly uninhibited imagination and a legion of fiercely devoted fans. ![]() ![]() Previous books such as The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle ![]()
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