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Kafka on the Shore
by Haruki Murakami
On his fifteenth birthday, Kafka Tamura flees his father's cold Tokyo home to escape a dark prophetic omen, heading for the distant shores of Shikoku. Armed with only a backpack, a handful of stolen cash, and the guidance of an imaginary alter ego named Crow, he seeks refuge in a small private library. As his path converges with a top-secret military investigation into a bizarre 1944 wartime incident, the boundaries between reality and the metaphysical begin to dissolve. Kafka must toughen his heart to survive a symbolic storm that threatens to transform him forever.
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- File size
- 0.7 MB
- Published
- 1/17/2005
- ISBN
- 9781400044818
- Formats
- EPUB
On his fifteenth birthday, Kafka Tamura flees his father's cold Tokyo home to escape a dark prophetic omen, heading for the distant shores of Shikoku. Armed with only a backpack, a handful of stolen cash, and the guidance of an imaginary alter ego named Crow, he seeks refuge in a small private library. As his path converges with a top-secret military investigation into a bizarre 1944 wartime incident, the boundaries between reality and the metaphysical begin to dissolve. Kafka must toughen his heart to survive a symbolic storm that threatens to transform him forever.
What you'll take away
- Follow the gripping internal and external journey of a runaway striving to outrun his own fate.
- Explore the psychological depth of isolation through the eyes of the 'world's toughest fifteen-year-old'.
- Uncover the connection between a modern-day flight and a classified WWII mystery involving the 'Rice Bowl Hill Incident'.
- Experience a world where dreams, omens, and physical reality intertwine seamlessly.
- Discover the resilience required to survive the violent, metaphorical storms of life.
