Kafka on the Shore

作者 Haruki Murakami著
出版社 Vintage
出版时间 2005年10月
ISBN 9780099458326
定价 97.30

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.

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