Kafka on the Shore

the long version

'A magnificently bewildering achievement... Brilliantly conceived, bold in its surreal scope, sexy and driven bu a snappy plot... Exuberant storytelling' Independent on SundayKafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father's dark prophesy.The ageing Nakata, tracker of lost cats, who never recovered from a bizarre childhood affliction, finds his highly simplified life suddenly turned upside down.As their parallel odysseys unravel, cats converse with people; fish tumble