{"product_id":"kafka-on-the-shore-by-haruki-murakami-9781784877989","title":"Kafka on the Shore","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA special hardback edition of Murakami's mesmerising and strange surreal classic, \u003cem\u003eKafka on the Shore\u003c\/em\u003e. Published in this new gift edition, with an introduction from the author, to celebrate the forthcoming publication of \u003cem\u003eNovelist as a Vocation\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA beautifully packaged hardback edition of Haruki Murakami's mesmerizingly surreal classic, now with a new introduction by the author.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father's dark prophesy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\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\n\n\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\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWonderful... Magical and outlandish\u003c\/em\u003e - Daily Mail\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHypnotic, spellbinding\u003c\/em\u003e - The Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCool, fluent and addictive\u003c\/em\u003e - Daily Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46271944589548,"sku":"9781784877989","price":45.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781784877989.jpg?v=1742265080","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/kafka-on-the-shore-by-haruki-murakami-9781784877989","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}