Haruki Murakami

Philip Gabriel

At the age of 15, Kafka Tamura runs away from home, either to escape a gruesome oedipal prophecy or to search for his long-lost mother and sister. Instead, he finds himself setting out on an odyssey where he shall encounter some very strange characters indeed.

Kafka on the shore

På 15-årsdagen rømmer Kafka Tamura hjemmefra. Han slår seg ned i et lite bibliotek på øya Takamatsu, der han blir kjent med den androgyne Oshima og den gåtefulle, eldre kvinnen Saeka. Vi møter også Nakata, en underlig, gammel mann som har kunnet snakke med katter etter en mystisk ulykke han var utsatt for som liten. Etter hvert veves Kafkas og Nakatas liv sammen. En episk roman med forankring i realisme og drøm.

An unlikely alliance forms between Kafka Tamura, a fifteen-year-old runaway, and the aging Nakata, a man who has never recovered from a wartime affliction, as they embark on a surreal odyssey through a strange, fantastical world.

Kafka on The Shore

Kafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father's dark prophesy. The aging 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.