Kafka on the Shore

图书标准信息

• 作者 Haruki Murakami（村上春树） 著
• 出版社 Vintage
• 出版时间 2005-10
• ISBN 9780099458326
• 定价 97.30元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 512页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Astunningworkofart,theNewYorkObserverwroteofTheWind-UpBirdChronicle,thatbearsnocomparisons,andthisisalsotrueofthismagnificentnewnovel,whichiseverybitasambitious,expansiveandbewitching.Atour-de-forceofmetaphysicalreality,KafkaontheShoreispoweredbytworemarkablecharacters.Atfifteen,KafkaTamurarunsawayfromhome,eithertoescapeagruesomeoedipalprophecyortosearchforhislong-missingmotherandsister.AndtheagingNakata,whoneverrecoveredfromawartimeaffliction,findshishighlysimplifiedlifesuddenlyupset.Theirodyssey,asmysterioustousasitistothem,isenrichedthroughoutbyvividaccomplicesandmesmerizingevents.Catsandpeoplecarryonconversations,aghostlikepimpemploysaHegel-quotingprostitute,aforestharborssoldiersapparentlyunagedsinceWorldWarII,andrainstormsoffishfallfromthesky.Thereisabrutalmurder,withtheidentityofbothvictimandperpetratorariddle.Yetthis,likeeverythingelse,iseventuallyanswered,justastheentwineddestiniesofKafkaandNakataaregraduallyrevealed,withoneescapinghisfateentirelyandtheothergivenafreshstartonhisown.

【作者简介】

HarukiMurakamiwasborninKyotoin1949.FollowingthepublicationofhisfirstnovelinJapanesein1979,hesoldthejazzbarheranwithhiswifeandbecameafull-timewriter.ItwaswiththepublicationofNorwegianWood--whichhastodatesoldmorethan4millioncopiesinJapanalone--thattheauthorwastrulycatapultedintothelimelight.Knownforhissurrealisticworldofmysterious(andoftendisappearing)women,cats,earlobes,wells,Westernculture,musicandquirkyfirst-personnarratives,heisnowJapan'sbest-knownnovelistabroad.Eightnovels,twoshortstorycollectionsandoneworkofnon-fictionarecurrentlyavailableinEnglishtranslation.