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Kafka on the shore / Haruki Murakami ; translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
AF MURA	Adult Fiction		Bankstown .	. On Hold-BK, Reserved .

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9780099458326 (paperback)
Name	Murakami, Haruki, 1949- author.
Uniform title	Umibe no kafuka. English
Title	Kafka on the shore / Haruki Murakami ; translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel.
Published	London : Vintage, 2005.
Published	©2005
Description	505 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes	Translation of: Umibe no Kafuka.
Summary	Kafka on the Shore follows the fortunes of two remarkable characters. Kafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father's dark prophecy. The ageing Nakata, tracker of lost cats, who never recovered from a bizarre childhood affliction, finds his simple life suddenly turned upside down. Their parallel odysseys are enriched throughout by vivid accomplices and mesmerising dramas. Cats converse with people; fish tumble from the sky; a forest harbours soldiers apparently un-aged since WWII. There is a savage killing, but the identity of both victim and killer is a riddle.
Language note	Translated from the Japanese.
Subjects	Runaways -- Fiction
Subjects	Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
Genre	Fantasy fiction
Other Names	Gabriel, J. Philip translator.
Reservations Queue	2
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Fantasy fiction . Interpersonal relations -- Fiction . Runaways -- Fiction . See Also: Fiction . Ghost stories . Science fiction . Authors: Gabriel, J. Philip . Murakami, Haruki, 1949- .