Kafka on the Shore
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The novel is divided into forty-nine chapters. The odd chapters use a realistic approach to tell the story of a young man named Tamura Kafka who ran away from home alone on the eve of his fifteenth birthday in order to escape a prophecy from his father that was even more terrifying than Oedipus the King. However, he unexpectedly woke up in the forest covered in blood. When Kafka was four years old, his mother suddenly disappeared, taking only his sister, who was four years older than Kafka, with her. He came to a library by chance and was taken in by the director, Ms. Saeki. Kafka suspected that she was his biological mother, but Saeki refused to comment. Kafka learned the news that his father had been killed, and hid in the forest to evade police pursuit. He encountered two soldiers wearing army uniforms... The even-numbered chapters use magical techniques to tell the adventures of the old man Nakata. When Nakata was in elementary school during World War II, he lost his memory after a mysterious coma, but gained the mysterious ability to talk to cats. While Nakata lost control of his mind, he killed a cat killer who called himself Jonny Walker, and also took a ride here to look for the "Entrance Stone"... Many puzzles together create an elegant and dreamy masterpiece.
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