{"product_id":"9781529982350","title":"Kafka on the Shore","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father's dark prophesy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe aging Nakata, tracker of lost cats, who never recovered from a bizarre childhood affliction, finds his pleasantly simplified life suddenly turned upside down.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wonderful... Magical and outlandish' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Hypnotic, spellbinding' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Cool, fluent and addictive' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Haruki+Murakami\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eHaruki Murakami\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Haruki Murakami","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48012346523811,"sku":"9781529982350","price":295.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/9781529982350.jpg?v=1787082123","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9781529982350","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}