Kafka on the Shore is powered by two remarkable characters: a teenage boy, Kafka Tamura, who runs away from home either to escape a gruesome oedipal prophecy or to search for his long-missing mother and sister; and an aging simpleton called Nakata, who never recovered from a wartime affliction and now is drawn toward Kafka for reasons that, like the most basic activities of daily life, he cannot fathom. As their paths converge, and the reasons for that convergence become clear, Haruki Murakami enfolds readers in a world where cats talk, fish fall from the sky, and spirits slip out of their bodies to make love or commit murder. Kafka on the Shore displays one of the world’s great storytellers at the peak of his powers.
Me encontré con este libro por casualidad...vi que tiene muy buenas recomendaciones y pienso empezarlo a leer tan pronto termine con mis exámenes finales...
Geez. There's NO WAY in the world I could recommend this book to anyone. Full of pseudo-philosophical, transcendent reality sell out. The main story line is a hacked job though the sub plot was... more
Geez. There's NO WAY in the world I could recommend this book to anyone. Full of pseudo-philosophical, transcendent reality sell out. The main story line is a hacked job though the sub plot was pretty decent, funny & breathes sanity back to the reader. Utterly overrated.
"Have you heard the saying 'Sheepish butler's surgical bottle battles'?'"
"What on earth is that supposed to mean?"
"It's a tongue twister. I made it up."