Kafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father's dark prophesy.
The aging 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.
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Dettagli prodotto
ASIN : 0099458322
Editore : Vintage; 1° edizione (6 ottobre 2005)
Lingua : Inglese
Copertina flessibile : 512 pagine
ISBN-10 : 9780099458326
ISBN-13 : 978-0099458326
Peso articolo : 350 g
Dimensioni : 19.8 x 12.9 x 3.06 cm
Posizione nella classifica Bestseller di Amazon: n. 9 in Letteratura giapponese
n. 14 in Narrativa metafisica e visionaria (Libri)
n. 1.429 in Narrativa contemporanea (Libri)
Recensioni dei clienti: 4,6
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