Kafka on the shore
Record details
- ISBN: 1400079276 (paperback)
- ISBN: 9781400079278 (paperback)
- ISBN: 9781448706327
- ISBN: 1448706327
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Physical Description:
467 pages ; 21 cm
print - Edition: First Vintage International edition.
- Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, 2006.
- Copyright: ©2005
Content descriptions
General Note: | Translation of: Umibe no Kafuka. |
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Subject: | Runaway teenagers Japan Fiction |
Genre: | Detective and mystery fiction. |
Available copies
- 2 of 4 copies available at Kenton County.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 4 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Covington Branch | MURAK H (Text) | 33126024957569 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Erlanger Branch | MURAK H (Text) | 33126010858722 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Erlanger Branch | MURAK H (Text) | 33126026440275 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 04/12/2024 |
Independence Branch | MURAK H (Text) | 33126026440267 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 04/20/2024 |
Electronic resources
- Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2005 January #1
In this highly surrealistic offering from distinguished Japanese author Murakami (After the Quake: Stories), two seemingly unrelated stories cleverly told in alternating chapters eventually collide and meld. In the first story, a 15-year-old assumes the alias Kafka Tamura and runs away from his home in Tokyo to Takamatsu. While there, he is befriended by a young girl, hides out in a private library, and seemingly falls in love with the library director. Meanwhile, the elderly, feeble-minded Mr. Nakata, who can talk with cats, encounters a series of unusual characters with names like Johnny Walker and Colonel Sanders. Later ensnared in a murder, Nakata leaves town and is befriended by a young man who becomes his invaluable companion. Kafka and Nakata are brought together when Nakata is compelled to search for the "entrance stone" that connects their parallel worlds. Parts of Murakami's story are violently gruesome and sexually explicit, and the plot line following Nakata is rather eerie and disturbing. Yet the bulk of this narrative is erudite, lyrical, and compelling; followers of Murakami's work should approve. Recommended for larger fiction collections.-Shirley N. Quan, Orange Cty. P.L., Santa Ana, CA Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.