by Haruki Murakami · Tusquets · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483835241
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«Kafka en la orilla» is the novel by Haruki Murakami published by Tusquets in paperback (720 pages, in Spanish).
On turning fifteen, Kafka Tamura flees home haunted by an Oedipal prophecy; in a library in Takamatsu he meets Mrs. Saeki. Satoru Nakata, who after a childhood accident can talk to cats, also heads there from Tokyo. Their fates cross in a story blending reality and dream, solitude, destiny, and identity.
Third title in the Tusquets MAXI collection, translated from the Japanese by Lourdes Porta Fuentes.
A work recommended for fans of contemporary Japanese fiction and magical realism.
Haruki Murakami is a Japanese writer. His novels, essays, and short stories have been best-sellers in Japan and internationally, with his work translated into 50 languages and having sold millions of copies outside Japan. He has received numerous awards for his work, including the Gunzo Prize for New Writers, the World Fantasy Award, the Tanizaki Prize, Yomiuri Prize for Literature, the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, the Noma Literary Prize, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Kiriyama Prize for Fiction, the Goodreads Choice Awards for Best Fiction, the Jerusalem Prize, and the Princess of Asturias Awards.
