{"product_id":"kafka-on-the-shore-9781400079278","title":"Kafka on the Shore","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e and one of the world's greatest storytellers comes \"an insistently metaphysical mind-bender\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) about a teenager on the run and an aging simpleton. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow with a new introduction by the author. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Here we meet 15-year-old runaway Kafka Tamura and the elderly Nakata, who is drawn to Kafka for reasons that he cannot fathom. As their paths converge, acclaimed author 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, in what is a truly remarkable journey. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"As powerful as \u003ci\u003eThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e.... Reading Murakami ... is a striking\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eexperience in consciousness expansion.\" \u003ci\u003e--The Chicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Haruki Murakami\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage International\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400079278","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42464437338249,"sku":"9781400079278","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_ba0e8203-929c-460d-9536-fbe9fc271b56.jpg?v=1716140166","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/kafka-on-the-shore-9781400079278","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}