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Kafka on the Shore is the latest novel by Japan s leading literary novelist, who developed a world-wide cult reputation with Norwegian Wood . In Kafka on the Shore , Murakami continues with his remarkable combination of profound insight into humankind with a totally credible touch of the fantastical—a unique tour de force. The teenager Kafka Tamura goes on the run and holes up in a strange library in a small country town. Concurrently, Nakata, a finder of lost cats, goes on a puzzling odyssey across Japan. Only gradually do we find how these stories interweave.