{"product_id":"9780099458326","title":"Kafka on the Shore","description":"Author(s): Murakami, Haruki, \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003eDate of Publication: 06\/10\/2005, \u003cbr\u003ePagination: 512 pages, \u003cbr\u003eSeries: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Vintage, \u003cbr\u003e Published By: Vintage Publishing, \u003cbr\u003eBook Classification: Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 131 x 198 x 33mm\u003cbr\u003eWeight: 354g\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780099458326\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father's dark prophesy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe aging Nakata, tracker of lost cats, who never recovered from a bizarre childhood affliction, finds his pleasantly simplified life suddenly turned upside down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*PRE-ORDER HARUKI MURAKAMI’S NEW NOVEL, THE CITY AND ITS UNCERTAIN WALLS, NOW*'Hypnotic, spellbinding' The Times'Cool, fluent and addictive' Daily Telegraph‘Addictive... Exhilarating... A pleasure’ Evening Standard\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51774128488826,"sku":"9780099458326","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/files\/9780099458326_8d99dd27-f108-4df1-8ea2-c1eebf5ec269.jpg?v=1739808812","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780099458326","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}