Kafka on the Shore
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Narrated by:
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Sean Barrett
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Oliver Le Sueur
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By:
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Haruki Murakami
About this listen
Brought to you by Penguin.
Kafka Tamura runs away from home at 15, 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 pleasantly simplified life suddenly turned upside down.
As 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.
©2005 Haruki Murakami (P)2020 Penguin AudioListeners also enjoyed...
Critic reviews
"Wonderful.... Magical and outlandish." (Daily Mail)
"Cool, fluent and addictive." (Daily Telegraph)
"Hypnotic, spellbinding." (The Times)
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- M.L
- 18-11-20
Incredible 🌠
I'm in love with this book. It was everything and more. I've felt every emotion to happiness, mesmerised, surprised, sadness,shocked , confused, amazed... so many more.
I can't wait to listen/read more of Haruki Murakami.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-02-22
Very interesting and unusual story
Took a lot of weird turns, even for a Murakami book. The narration was great! I loved the contrasts between the different characters. Though, I found myself more interested in Nakata's storyline than Kafka's
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- Stevie Bach
- 12-12-22
A strange novel
The novel begins interestingly enough but then meanders a lot before failing to answer many of the riddles posed. So ultimately a little disappointing. The overuse of ambiguity may be to blame.
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- Alex Kelaru
- 05-08-23
Fantastic listen
What a lovely story, well written, intimate and warm. It’s not the story that matters here, but how it makes you feel. The characters story arc is fantastic and you get to witness their transformation. One of the best cast of voice actors I’ve heard in a while.
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- sarahs
- 26-03-23
Fantastic performance
The performance really enhanced my reading experience. The performance of Colonel Sanders was absolutely hilarious! Great listening 🐱
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- Dimitris Chris
- 29-04-23
surreal.
surreal and incredible. if you like murakami and surrealism, you’re in for a treat. this book ISN’T for people who want to understand a book perfectly lol.
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- Benjamin
- 21-11-22
A very interesting tale
It started a bit slow but once I got into it I became totally wrapped in the story. It has interesting characters and explores even more interesting ideas.
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- charoup
- 21-04-21
Not for me
I've read a few of Murakami's books a few years ago and I decided to give this one a try. At first, I did like it, especially one part of the story, the one with Nakata. Suddenly it was really unpleasant and annoying. I did finish it though, but it was really really hard for me.
People tend to defend Murakami claiming that "we don't get him". Well, I'm sorry to burst any bubbles here but the rape scenes in the book are not helping at all just by placing them as part of a dream and it seems like the author is trying to make us forget the fact that he describes rape scenes with empathy, just by adding Oedipus myth now and then.
Also, the author was going on and on about the 15-year-old boy's workout routine and we had to listen again and again to how he felt after all the sex. But hey, maybe that's just me and someone would like to listen to these things.
There are so many good books out there. So, no more Murakami for me, thank you.
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- Mariana
- 19-03-21
Mesmerising story
The whole book read like a dream, it was captivating and I couldn't put it down. I only knock 1* for the unnecessary sexual details that at times made me uncomfortable to listen to.
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- Simon Lane
- 26-04-22
Terrifying, foul, yet so beautiful
Definitely not for the faint of heart, but the brutality of this book is just a vehicle to deliver an important and valuable message, a message that is valuable if you are just entering the world or you were to die tomorrow. Amazing :,)
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