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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. This book follows the fortunes of two remarkable characters.
Teenager Kafka Tamura, goes on the run, and holes up in a strange library in a small country town. Nakata, a finder of lost cats, goes on an odyssey across Japan. These two stories are interweaved in this novel by Japanese novelist, Murakami, also the author of "Norwegian Wood". ... from the American compact disc edition
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Review: The Observer [2]
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  The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
David Mitchell
Set in Japan in the early 19th-century, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is part historical fiction, part mystery/thriller, and part swashbuckler. That the author, David Mitchell, can pull all this together is a tribute to his... [ Read full review ] |
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