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- Publisher: Random House Inc
- ISBN: 1400079276
- WAPI (Tower ID): 100158436
- Release Date: January 3, 2006
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- #3906 in Fiction & Literature (See Top 100 Fiction & Literature Bestsellers)
- #461 in Literary (See Top 100 Literary Bestsellers)
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By Exi5tEntia1i5ta
Murakami has a vastly different take on literature than one might imagine- based
on a perception of Japanese "the nail that sticks up is hammered down" culture.
This would make a killer Anime feature film.
Kafka on the Shore is a prose
gone to seed... picturesque, sadly sweet, dreamlike- sometimes nightmarish, and
beautifully compelling. His characters are flawed in the most lovely ways. The
players all seem to be drifting together like leaves on an insane breeze. Basic
plots of good v evil and man v self are taken to places that few have gone. If
you think you could love a whacked reality charged with teen angst, gender
bending, lost love, lonely samaritans and talking cats- Pick this one up!
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