{"product_id":"9781529982350","title":"Kafka on the Shore","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Murakami, Haruki \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 7 May 2026 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage Classics) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 528 pages\u003cbr\u003e196 x 130 x 35 | 360g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father's dark prophesy.\u003c\/p\u003e\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\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\u003cp\u003eWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR'Wonderful... Magical and outlandish' Daily Mail'Hypnotic, spellbinding' The Times'Cool, fluent and addictive' Daily Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Mold","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55665575199096,"sku":"9781529982350","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0277\/7802\/3522\/files\/9781529982350.jpg?v=1789735344","url":"https:\/\/www.mold-bookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781529982350","provider":"The Bookshop. Mold.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}